Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Obichnik Au-Ag Deposit, Momchilgrad Obshtina, Kardzhali Province, Bulgaria

mindat Locality ID: 122723
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-122723.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Obichnik Au-Ag Deposit, Momchilgrad Obshtina, Kardzhali Province, Bulgaria": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Alunite	Aragonite	Baryte	Clay	Copper	Covellite	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Kaolinite	Mica
None	Quartz	Reddingite	Turquoise

Alunite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Cacoxenite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Corkite ()*	Covellite ()*	Faustite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halotrichite ()*	Hinsdalite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Landesite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Niter ()*	Pickeringite ()*	Plumbogummite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scorodite ()*	Strengite ()*	Svanbergite ()*	Turquoise ()*	Variscite ()*

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 As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn N O P Pb S Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn N O P Pb S Si Sr Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Aragonite Baryte Clay Copper Covellite Gypsum Halotrichite Kaolinite Mica
None Quartz Reddingite Turquoise

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	966
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O	280
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Corkite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	151
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Faustite ()*	Turquoise	ZnAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	24
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	409
Hinsdalite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	82
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Landesite ()*	Reddingite	Mn²⁺₉Fe³⁺₃(PO₄)₈(OH)₃·9H₂O	14
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Niter ()*	None	K(NO₃)	181
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	265
Plumbogummite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	170
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1153
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	263
Svanbergite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	105
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	484
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	301

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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