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Locality Name:
Malko Târnovo Ore Field, Malko Tarnovo, Burgas Province, Bulgaria

Oldest recorded age at locality: 87
Youngest recorded age at locality: 74

mindat Locality ID: 214550
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-214550.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Malko Târnovo Ore Field, Malko Tarnovo, Burgas Province, Bulgaria": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Byrdtseto Mo-Cu Deposit (Byrdtse; Burdceto)

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Bi Cu Pb S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteFluoriteGypsum
KobelliteMalachiteMeneghiniteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteRocksaltRutile
ScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetradymiteTetrahedrite

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Aikinite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Betekhtinite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cosalite  (*)Cuprobismutite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)Gold  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Joséite-B  (*)Krupkaite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS387740315
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)87741288301588
Betekhtinite  (*)None(Cu,Fe)21Pb2S15877412883145
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3877401935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS487741288305516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)877412883127770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S87741288305707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS28774228830,2883127198
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S587740344
Cuprobismutite  (*)NoneCu8AgBi13S248774043
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)8774228830,288318173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF287741288309617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS877412883024243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S487740192
Gold  (*)CopperAu877412883030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O87741288306890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3877412883114640
Joséite-B  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te2S877412883186
Krupkaite  (*)MeneghinitePbCuBi3S68774080
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4877412883014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2877412883112537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS287741288305800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2877412883017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2877412883039462
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO287741288305614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)87741288304894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS877412883021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1387741288301803
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S8774128830510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1387741288305317
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)287741288302562
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS38774128830297


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
PorphCu-00285877487–74      Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Fluorite, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Rutile, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Tetradymite, Tremolite, WitticheniteCu205798Byrdtseto Mo-Cu Deposit (Byrdtse; Burdceto), Malko Târnovo Ore Field, Malko Tarnovo, Burgas Province, BulgariaByrdtsetoSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

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