Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Plana Cu Deposit, Sofiya Obshtina (Sofia Obshtina), Sofia City Province, Bulgaria

Oldest recorded age at locality: 77
Youngest recorded age at locality: 75

mindat Locality ID: 205799
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205799.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Plana Cu Deposit, Sofiya Obshtina (Sofia Obshtina), Sofia City Province, Bulgaria": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 42°29'0"N
Longitude: 23°25'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.483333333333,23.416666666667

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Epidote	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Mica	Molybdenite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Anhydrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*

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 Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Epidote Gypsum Kaolinite Mica Molybdenite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	77	75	1588
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	77	75	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	77	75	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	77	75	966
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	77	75	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	77	75	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	77	75	6890
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	77	75	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	77	75	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	77	75	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	77	75	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	77	75	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	77	75	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	77	75	1803

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
	PorphCu-00286	77	75	77–75									Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Cobaltite, Epidote, Galena, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	205799	Plana Cu Deposit, Sofiya Obshtina (Sofia Obshtina), Sofia City Province, Bulgaria	Plana	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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