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Locality Name:
Medet Mine, Panagyurishte, Panagyurishte (Panagurishte) Obshtina, Pazardzhik Province, Bulgaria

Oldest recorded age at locality: 92.73
Youngest recorded age at locality: 89.76

mindat Locality ID: 16033
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16033.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Medet Mine, Panagyurishte, Panagyurishte (Panagurishte) Obshtina, Pazardzhik Province, Bulgaria": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 42°36'4"N
Longitude: 24°11'13"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.601111111111,24.186944444444

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.

Amphibole	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite
Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Germanite	Gypsum	Malachite	Meneghinite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Pseudobrookite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite
Tetradymite

Actinolite ()*	Aikinite ()*	Albite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Bornite ()*	Carrollite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Colusite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*
Djurleite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pseudobrookite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Sulvanite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Vaesite ()*

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 F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti V Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite
Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Germanite Gypsum Malachite Meneghinite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Pseudobrookite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite
Tetradymite

40 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	90.88	89.76	3419
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	90.88	89.76	315
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	90.88	89.76	8803
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	91.61	89.76	1588
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	90.88	89.76	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	90.88	89.76	5516
Carrollite ()*	Spinel	CuCo₂S₄	90.88	89.76	154
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	90.88	89.76	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	90.88	89.76	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	90.88	89.76	27198
Colusite ()*	Sphalerite Germanite	Cu₁₃VAs₃S₁₆	90.88	89.76	110
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	90.88	89.76	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	90.88	89.76	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	90.88	89.76	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	90.88	89.76	1027
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	90.88	89.76	300
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	90.88	89.76	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	90.88	89.76	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	90.88	89.76	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	91.61	89.76	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	90.88	89.76	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	91.61	89.76	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	91.61	89.76	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	90.88	89.76	804
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	90.88	89.76	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	90.88	89.76	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	90.88	89.76	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	91.61	90.05	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	91.61	89.76	17380
Pseudobrookite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Fe³⁺₂Ti)O₅	90.88	89.76	164
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	90.88	89.76	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	90.88	89.76	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	91.61	89.76	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	90.88	89.76	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	90.88	89.76	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	90.88	89.76	3418
Sulvanite ()*	None	Cu₃VS₄	90.88	89.76	48
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	90.88	89.76	1101
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	90.88	89.76	510
Vaesite ()*	Pyrite	NiS₂	90.88	89.76	106

15 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Sample 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
Mo-00189	91.55	90.95	91.25±0.3	Re-Os	molybdenite	ASR1	Yes	Molybdenite		Mo	25120	Assarel Mine (Asarel Mine), Panagyurishte, Panagyurishte (Panagurishte) Obshtina, Pazardzhik Province, Bulgaria	Assarel	Zimmerman et al. (2008)	10.1007/s00126-007-0149-z	MD43_1
Mo-00190	91.92	91.32	91.62±0.3	Re-Os	molybdenite	ASR2	Yes	Molybdenite		Mo	25120	Assarel Mine (Asarel Mine), Panagyurishte, Panagyurishte (Panagurishte) Obshtina, Pazardzhik Province, Bulgaria	Assarel	Zimmerman et al. (2008)	10.1007/s00126-007-0149-z	MD43_1
Mo-00151	91.05	90.05	90.55±0.5	Re-Os	molybdenite	BU03-MD1		Molybdenite		Mo	16033	Medet Mine, Panagyurishte, Panagyurishte (Panagurishte) Obshtina, Pazardzhik Province, Bulgaria	Medet	Zimmerman et al. (2008)	10.1007/s00126-007-0149-z	MD43_1
Mo-00152	91.55	90.55	91.05±0.5	Re-Os	molybdenite	BU03-MD2		Molybdenite		Mo	16033	Medet Mine, Panagyurishte, Panagyurishte (Panagurishte) Obshtina, Pazardzhik Province, Bulgaria	Medet	Zimmerman et al. (2008)	10.1007/s00126-007-0149-z	MD43_1
Mo-00153	91.3	90.7	91.00±0.3	Re-Os	molybdenite	MDT1		Molybdenite		Mo	16033	Medet Mine, Panagyurishte, Panagyurishte (Panagurishte) Obshtina, Pazardzhik Province, Bulgaria	Medet	Zimmerman et al. (2008)	10.1007/s00126-007-0149-z	MD43_1
Mo-00154	91.61	91.01	91.31±0.3	Re-Os	molybdenite	MDT2		Molybdenite		Mo	16033	Medet Mine, Panagyurishte, Panagyurishte (Panagurishte) Obshtina, Pazardzhik Province, Bulgaria	Medet	Zimmerman et al. (2008)	10.1007/s00126-007-0149-z	MD43_1
PorphCu-00051	90.88	89.76	90.59±0.29 – ; 90.12±0.36						Actinolite, Albite, Bornite, Carrollite, Chalcanthite, Chalcopyrite, Colusite, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Digenite, Djurleite, Epidote, Fluorite, Galena, Gold, Hessite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pseudobrookite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Rutile, Sphalerite, Stibnite, Sulvanite, Tenorite, Tetradymite, Vaesite, Electrum	Cu	16033	Medet Mine, Panagyurishte, Panagyurishte (Panagurishte) Obshtina, Pazardzhik Province, Bulgaria	Medet	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
Mo-00191	92.24	91.64	91.94±0.3	Re-Os	molybdenite	1150 level	Yes	Molybdenite		Mo	25121	Elatsite Mine (Elacite Mine), Zlatitsa, Zlatitsa Obshtina, Sofia Province, Bulgaria	Elatsite	Zimmerman et al. (2008)	10.1007/s00126-007-0149-z	MD43_1
Mo-00192	92.46	91.86	92.16±0.3	Re-Os	molybdenite	1150b leve	Yes	Molybdenite		Mo	25121	Elatsite Mine (Elacite Mine), Zlatitsa, Zlatitsa Obshtina, Sofia Province, Bulgaria	Elatsite	Zimmerman et al. (2008)	10.1007/s00126-007-0149-z	MD43_1
Mo-00193	92.38	91.38	91.88±0.5	Re-Os	molybdenite	BU03-EL1	Yes	Molybdenite		Mo	25121	Elatsite Mine (Elacite Mine), Zlatitsa, Zlatitsa Obshtina, Sofia Province, Bulgaria	Elatsite	Zimmerman et al. (2008)	10.1007/s00126-007-0149-z	MD43_1
Mo-00194	92.67	92.07	92.37±0.3	Re-Os	molybdenite	Ela00LF110	Yes	Molybdenite		Mo	25121	Elatsite Mine (Elacite Mine), Zlatitsa, Zlatitsa Obshtina, Sofia Province, Bulgaria	Elatsite	Zimmerman et al. (2008)	10.1007/s00126-007-0149-z	MD43_1
Mo-00195	92.54	91.94	92.24±0.3	Re-Os	molybdenite	Ela00LF85	Yes	Molybdenite		Mo	25121	Elatsite Mine (Elacite Mine), Zlatitsa, Zlatitsa Obshtina, Sofia Province, Bulgaria	Elatsite	Zimmerman et al. (2008)	10.1007/s00126-007-0149-z	MD43_1
Mo-00196	92.73	92.13	92.43±0.3	Re-Os	molybdenite	Ela99LFX1	Yes	Molybdenite		Mo	25121	Elatsite Mine (Elacite Mine), Zlatitsa, Zlatitsa Obshtina, Sofia Province, Bulgaria	Elatsite	Zimmerman et al. (2008)	10.1007/s00126-007-0149-z	MD43_1
Mo-00197	92.39	91.79	92.09±0.3	Re-Os	molybdenite	ELS1	Yes	Molybdenite		Mo	25121	Elatsite Mine (Elacite Mine), Zlatitsa, Zlatitsa Obshtina, Sofia Province, Bulgaria	Elatsite	Zimmerman et al. (2008)	10.1007/s00126-007-0149-z	MD43_1
Mo-00198	92.33	91.73	92.03±0.3	Re-Os	molybdenite	ELS2	Yes	Molybdenite		Mo	25121	Elatsite Mine (Elacite Mine), Zlatitsa, Zlatitsa Obshtina, Sofia Province, Bulgaria	Elatsite	Zimmerman et al. (2008)	10.1007/s00126-007-0149-z	MD43_1

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