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Locality Name:
Vozdol Prospect, Chelopech, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria

Oldest recorded age at locality: 91.6
Youngest recorded age at locality: 91.3

mindat Locality ID: 191792
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-191792.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vozdol Prospect, Chelopech, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 42°42'46"N
Longitude: 24°4'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.712777777778,24.08

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	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clay	Copper	Covellite	Fluorite	Marcasite	Meneghinite
Mica	Millerite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel
Stibnite	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite

Aikinite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcostibite ()*	Covellite ()*	Emplectite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Guanajuatite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Millerite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetradymite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Ba Bi Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo Ni O Pb S Sb Se Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Ba Bi Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo Ni O Pb S Sb Se Si Te Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Baryte Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clay Copper Covellite Fluorite Marcasite Meneghinite
Mica Millerite Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel
Stibnite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	91.6	91.3	315
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	91.6	91.3	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	91.6	91.3	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	91.6	91.3	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	91.6	91.3	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	91.6	91.3	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	91.6	91.3	27198
Chalcostibite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuSbS₂	91.6	91.3	162
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	91.6	91.3	4165
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	91.6	91.3	246
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	91.6	91.3	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	91.6	91.3	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	91.6	91.3	30554
Guanajuatite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂Se₃	91.6	91.3	37
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	91.6	91.3	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	91.6	91.3	5674
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	91.6	91.3	1066
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	91.6	91.3	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	91.6	91.3	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	91.6	91.3	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	91.6	91.3	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	91.6	91.3	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	91.6	91.3	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	91.6	91.3	1803
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	91.6	91.3	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	91.6	91.3	5317

1 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
	Mo-00155	91.6	91.3		U-Pb						Yes		Hemusite	Mo	16254	Chelopech Au-Cu Mine, Chelopech, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria		Chamberfort et al. (2007)	10.1007/s00126-007-0126-6	MD42_665

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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