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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 92.73
Youngest recorded age at locality: 89.13

mindat Locality ID: 215007
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-215007.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Panagyurishte, Panagyurishte (Panagurishte) Obshtina, Pazardzhik Province, Bulgaria": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Assarel Mine (Asarel Mine)
Medet Mine

Latitude: 42°34'25"N
Longitude: 24°9'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.573611111111,24.161111111111

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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Alunite	Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar
Fluorite	Germanite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Melonite	Meneghinite	Mica
Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Palygorskite	Prehnite	Pseudobrookite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cd Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Sr Te Ti V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Alunite Amphibole Arsenopyrite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite
Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite Enargite Epidote Feldspar
Fluorite Germanite Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Melanterite Melonite Meneghinite Mica
Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Palygorskite Prehnite Pseudobrookite Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

78 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Aguilarite ()*	Aikinite ()*	Albite ()*
Alunite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Antlerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calaverite ()*
Calcite ()*	Carrollite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Clausthalite ()*	Colusite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Dickite ()*	Digenite ()*	Djurleite ()*
Empressite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Goldfieldite ()*	Greenockite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Idaite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nagyágite ()*	Natroalunite ()*	Naumannite ()*
Palygorskite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pseudobrookite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siegenite ()*	Silver ()*
Sorosite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Sulvanite ()*	Svanbergite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Vaesite ()*
Wittichenite ()*	Woodhouseite ()*	Zunyite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	91.92	89.13	1	28959	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	90.88	89.76	1	28960	3419
Aguilarite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₄SeS	91.92	89.13	1	28959	87
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	90.88	89.13	2	28959,28960	315
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	90.88	89.13	2	28959,28960	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	89.9	89.13	1	28959	966
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	91.92	89.13	2	28959,28960	1588
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	89.9	89.13	1	28959	246
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	89.9	89.13	1	28959	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	90.88	89.13	2	28959,28960	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	91.92	89.13	1	28959	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	91.92	89.13	1	28959	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	90.88	89.13	2	28959,28960	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	89.9	89.13	1	28959	1633
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	91.92	89.13	1	28959	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	91.92	89.13	1	28959	27770
Carrollite ()*	Spinel	CuCo₂S₄	90.88	89.76	1	28960	154
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	90.88	89.13	2	28959,28960	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	90.88	89.13	2	28959,28960	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	90.88	89.13	2	28959,28960	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	89.9	89.13	1	28959	3531
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	91.92	89.13	1	28959	281
Colusite ()*	Sphalerite Germanite	Cu₁₃VAs₃S₁₆	90.88	89.13	2	28959,28960	110
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	90.88	89.13	2	28959,28960	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	90.88	89.13	2	28959,28960	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	90.88	89.13	2	28959,28960	2970
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	89.9	89.13	1	28959	481
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	91.92	89.13	1	28959	651
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	90.88	89.13	2	28959,28960	1027
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	90.88	89.76	1	28960	300
Empressite ()*	None	AgTe	91.92	89.13	1	28959	43
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	89.9	89.13	1	28959	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	90.88	89.13	2	28959,28960	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	90.88	89.13	2	28959,28960	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	90.88	89.13	2	28959,28960	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	91.61	89.13	2	28959,28960	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	90.88	89.13	2	28959,28960	30554
Goldfieldite ()*	Tetrahedrite	(Cu₄ ₂)Cu₆Te₄S₁₃	89.9	89.13	1	28959	72
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	91.92	89.13	1	28959	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	91.92	89.13	2	28959,28960	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	91.61	89.13	2	28959,28960	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	90.88	89.13	2	28959,28960	804
Idaite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃FeS₄	89.9	89.13	1	28959	142
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	90.88	89.76	1	28960	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	91.92	89.13	1	28959	5591
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	89.9	89.13	1	28959	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	90.88	89.13	2	28959,28960	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	90.88	89.13	2	28959,28960	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	89.9	89.13	1	28959	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	89.9	89.13	1	28959	915
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	91.92	90.05	2	28959,28960	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	91.92	89.13	2	28959,28960	17380
Nagyágite ()*	None	[Pb₃(Pb,Sb)₃S₆](Au,Te)₃	91.92	89.13	1	28959	67
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	91.92	89.13	1	28959	128
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	91.92	89.13	1	28959	192
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	91.92	89.13	1	28959	306
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	89.9	89.13	1	28959	1898
Pseudobrookite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Fe³⁺₂Ti)O₅	90.88	89.76	1	28960	164
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	90.88	89.13	2	28959,28960	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	89.9	89.13	1	28959	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	90.88	89.13	2	28959,28960	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	91.92	89.13	2	28959,28960	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	90.88	89.76	1	28960	5614
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	91.92	89.13	1	28959	249
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	89.9	89.13	1	28959	5186
Sorosite ()*	Nickeline	Cu_1+x(Sn,Sb)	89.9	89.13	1	28959	6
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	90.88	89.13	2	28959,28960	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	90.88	89.76	1	28960	3418
Sulvanite ()*	None	Cu₃VS₄	90.88	89.13	2	28959,28960	48
Svanbergite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	91.92	89.13	1	28959	105
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	89.9	89.13	1	28959	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	90.88	89.13	2	28959,28960	1101
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	91.92	89.13	2	28959,28960	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	89.9	89.13	1	28959	5317
Vaesite ()*	Pyrite	NiS₂	90.88	89.76	1	28960	106
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	89.9	89.13	1	28959	297
Woodhouseite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	91.92	89.13	1	28959	62
Zunyite ()*	None	Al₁₃Si₅O₂₀(OH,F)₁₈Cl	91.92	89.13	1	28959	86

16 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		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		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
PorphCu-00068	89.9	89.13	89.9±0.26 – ; 89.13±0.28						Aikinite, Albite, Alunite, Antlerite, Arsenopyrite, Azurite, Bornite, Brochantite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Colusite, Copper, Cuprite, Diaspore, Enargite, Epidote, Fluorite, Galena, Goethite, Gold, Hematite, Hessite, Mackinawite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Melanterite, Molybdenite, Prehnite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Pyrrhotite, Silver, Sphalerite, Tenorite	Cu	25120	Assarel Mine (Asarel Mine), Panagyurishte, Panagyurishte (Panagurishte) Obshtina, Pazardzhik Province, Bulgaria	Assarel	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
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

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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