Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Krushev Dol Deposit (Krusov Dol Deposit), Krushev Dol Mine, Madan Ore Field, Smolyan Province, Bulgaria

Oldest recorded age at locality: 31.6
Youngest recorded age at locality: 29.6

mindat Locality ID: 11535
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-11535.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Krushev Dol Deposit (Krusov Dol Deposit), Krushev Dol Mine, Madan Ore Field, Smolyan Province, Bulgaria": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°26'43"N
Longitude: 24°56'7"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.445277777778,24.935277777778

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Sodalite	Sphalerite

Bertrandite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Graphite ()*	Helvine ()*	Johannsenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al Be C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Sodalite Sphalerite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	31.6	29.6	606
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	31.6	29.6	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	31.6	29.6	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	31.6	29.6	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	31.6	29.6	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	31.6	29.6	24243
Graphite ()*	None	C	31.6	29.6	2812
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	31.6	29.6	237
Johannsenite ()*	Pyroxene	CaMnSi₂O₆	31.6	29.6	73
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	31.6	29.6	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	31.6	29.6	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	31.6	29.6	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	31.6	29.6	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	31.6	29.6	969
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	31.6	29.6	21482

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	DeepDive-Co-0046	31.6	29.6	30.6		Ar-Ar dating of hydrothermal muscovite		muscovite			Yes	Muscovite			459	Madan Ore Field, Smolyan Province, Bulgaria	Madan ore field	Vassileva et al. (2006)			Ar-Ar dating of hydrothermal muscovite
	sedznpb-00066	30.76	29.95	30.76–29.95							Yes				459	Madan Ore Field, Smolyan Province, Bulgaria	Madan	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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