Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Montana Province, Bulgaria

mindat Locality ID: 127014
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-127014.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Montana Province, Bulgaria": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Chiprovtsi Obshtina
Georgi Damyanovo Obshtina
Martinovo Iron Skarn Deposit

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.

Acanthite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite
Clay	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Diaspore	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Löllingite
Lillianite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Owyheeite	Polybasite	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Te W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite
Clay Cobaltite Copper Corundum Cubanite Diaspore Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Löllingite
Lillianite Malachite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Owyheeite Polybasite Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

56 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Cobaltite ()*	Cosalite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Diaphorite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hedleyite ()*	Hematite ()*	Jamesonite ()*
Joséite-B ()*	Lillianite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Owyheeite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Polybasite ()*
Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	28942	2793
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	28945	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	28944	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	28944,28945	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	28942	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	28945	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	28945	1935
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1	28944	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	2	28942,28944	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	28942,28944,28945	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	28944	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	28944	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	28942,28944,28945	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	28942	2600
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	28944	1756
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1	28945	966
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	1	28945	344
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	28944	802
Diaphorite ()*	None	Ag₃Pb₂Sb₃S₈	1	28942	126
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	28945	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	28944	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	28942	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	28942,28944,28945	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	28944	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	28944,28945	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	28945	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	28944	6890
Hedleyite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₇Te₃	1	28945	104
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	28944,28945	14640
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	1	28942	784
Joséite-B ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄Te₂S	1	28945	86
Lillianite ()*	Lillianite	Pb_3-2xAg_xBi_2+xS₆	1	28945	128
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	1	28945	762
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	28944,28945	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	28944	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	3	28942,28944,28945	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	28944	17380
Owyheeite ()*	Owyheeite	Ag₃Pb₁₀Sb₁₁S₂₈	2	28942,28944	89
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	28945	767
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	28942	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	1	28944	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	2	28942,28944	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	28942,28944,28945	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	28944	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	28944,28945	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	28942,28944,28945	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	28944	4894
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	28944	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	28942,28945	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	28942	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	28944	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	28942,28944,28945	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	1	28942	586
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	28942	3418
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	28944	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	28942,28944	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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