Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Martinovo Iron Skarn Deposit, Montana Province, Bulgaria

mindat Locality ID: 145744
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145744.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Martinovo Iron Skarn Deposit, Montana Province, Bulgaria": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Mali Dol
Perchinki Mine
Zhazhkov Dol

Latitude: 43°24'1"N
Longitude: 22°50'6"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.400277777778,22.835

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.

Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Garnet	Löllingite	Lillianite
Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite
Tetradymite

Andradite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Cosalite ()*	Diopside ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Hedleyite ()*	Hematite ()*	Joséite-B ()*
Lillianite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	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: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe Mg Ni O Pb S Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe Mg Ni O Pb S Si Te Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Cobaltite Copper Corundum Garnet Löllingite Lillianite
Marcasite Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite
Tetradymite

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1534
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	966
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	344
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1544
Hedleyite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₇Te₃	104
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Joséite-B ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄Te₂S	86
Lillianite ()*	Lillianite	Pb_3-2xAg_xBi_2+xS₆	128
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	762
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	767
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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