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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 170
Youngest recorded age at locality: 86.27

mindat Locality ID: 215008
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-215008.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Elshitsa Mine (Elshica Mine)
Vlaykov Vruh Mine

Latitude: 42°20'53"N
Longitude: 24°13'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.348055555556,24.227777777778

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Amphibole	Arsenic	Baryte	Buckhornite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Dumortierite	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar
Fluorite	Germanite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Kobellite	Lillianite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Melonite
Meneghinite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stannoidite	Stibnite	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	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 B Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Te Ti V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amphibole Arsenic Baryte Buckhornite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clay
Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite Dumortierite Enargite Epidote Feldspar
Fluorite Germanite Gypsum Kaolinite Kobellite Lillianite Malachite Marcasite Melanterite Melonite
Meneghinite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stannoidite Stibnite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Titanite Wurtzite

70 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Aikinite ()*	Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Alunite ()*
Anatase ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Betekhtinite ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Buckhornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Colusite ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Dickite ()*	Digenite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Dumortierite ()*	Emplectite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Galenobismutite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Goldfieldite ()*	Gustavite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*
Idaite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kawazulite ()*	Lillianite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Miharaite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannoidite ()*	Sulvanite ()*
Sylvanite ()*	Tellurium ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tenorite ()*
Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Vinciennite ()*	Weissite ()*

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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	92.73	90.05	1	28954	3419
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	170	90.05	2	28954,28955	315
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	170	86.27	2	28954,28955	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	92.73	90.05	1	28954	489
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	92.73	90.05	1	28954	966
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	170	86.27	2	28954,28955	2162
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	92.73	90.05	1	28954	1588
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	170	90.05	2	28954,28955	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	170	86.27	2	28954,28955	11547
Betekhtinite ()*	None	(Cu,Fe)₂₁Pb₂S₁₅	92.73	90.05	1	28954	45
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	92.73	90.05	1	28954	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	92.73	90.05	1	28954	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	170	90.05	2	28954,28955	5516
Buckhornite ()*	Buckhornite	(Pb₂BiS₃)(AuTe₂)	92.73	90.05	1	28954	13
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	170	86.27	2	28954,28955	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	92.73	90.05	1	28954	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	170	90.05	2	28954,28955	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	170	90.05	2	28954,28955	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	170	90.05	2	28954,28955	3531
Colusite ()*	Sphalerite Germanite	Cu₁₃VAs₃S₁₆	92.73	90.05	1	28954	110
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	170	154	1	28955	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	170	90.05	2	28954,28955	4165
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	92.73	90.05	1	28954	481
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	92.73	90.05	1	28954	651
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	92.73	90.05	1	28954	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	92.73	90.05	1	28954	9895
Dumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈	92.73	90.05	1	28954	231
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	92.73	90.05	1	28954	246
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	92.73	90.05	1	28954	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	92.73	90.05	1	28954	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	92.73	90.05	1	28954	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	170	90.05	2	28954,28955	24243
Galenobismutite ()*	Kobellite	PbBi₂S₄	92.73	90.05	1	28954	192
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	170	154	1	28955	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	170	86.27	2	28954,28955	30554
Goldfieldite ()*	Tetrahedrite	(Cu₄ ₂)Cu₆Te₄S₁₃	92.73	90.05	1	28954	72
Gustavite ()*	Lillianite	AgPbBi₃S₆	92.73	90.05	1	28954	113
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	92.73	90.05	1	28954	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	170	154	1	28955	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	92.73	90.05	1	28954	804
Idaite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃FeS₄	92.73	90.05	1	28954	142
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	92.73	90.05	1	28954	2228
Kawazulite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂Se	92.73	90.05	1	28954	32
Lillianite ()*	Lillianite	Pb_3-2xAg_xBi_2+xS₆	92.73	90.05	1	28954	128
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	170	90.05	2	28954,28955	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	170	90.05	2	28954,28955	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	92.73	90.05	1	28954	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	170	86.27	2	28954,28955	915
Miharaite ()*	None	PbCu₄FeBiS₆	92.73	90.05	1	28954	19
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	88.2	86.27	1	28955	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	170	86.27	2	28954,28955	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	170	90.05	2	28954,28955	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	92.73	90.05	1	28954	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	170	86.27	1	28955	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	170	86.27	2	28954,28955	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	170	90.05	2	28954,28955	5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	92.73	90.05	1	28954	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	170	90.05	2	28954,28955	21482
Stannoidite ()*	Stannoidite	Cu₈(Fe,Zn)₃Sn₂S₁₂	92.73	90.05	1	28954	80
Sulvanite ()*	None	Cu₃VS₄	92.73	90.05	1	28954	48
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	92.73	90.05	1	28954	337
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	92.73	90.05	1	28954	190
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	92.73	90.05	1	28954	276
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	170	90.05	2	28954,28955	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	170	154	1	28955	1101
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	170	90.05	2	28954,28955	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	170	90.05	2	28954,28955	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	170	86.27	1	28955	4899
Vinciennite ()*	None	Cu₁₀Fe₄SnAsS₁₆	92.73	90.05	1	28954	13
Weissite ()*	None	Cu_2-xTe	92.73	90.05	1	28954	31

19 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-00418	88.2	87.2	87.70±0.5	Re-Os	molybdenite	BU03-VV1		Molybdenite		Mo	205796	Vlaykov Vruh Mine, Elshitsa, Panagyurishte (Panagurishte) Obshtina, Pazardzhik Province, Bulgaria	Vlaykov Vruh	Zimmerman et al. (2008)	10.1007/s00126-007-0149-z	MD43_1
Mo-00419	87.27	86.27	86.77±0.5	Re-Os	molybdenite	BU03-VV1b		Molybdenite		Mo	205796	Vlaykov Vruh Mine, Elshitsa, Panagyurishte (Panagurishte) Obshtina, Pazardzhik Province, Bulgaria	Vlaykov Vruh	Zimmerman et al. (2008)	10.1007/s00126-007-0149-z	MD43_1
Mo-00420	87.25	86.65	86.95±0.3	Re-Os	molybdenite	VV-46/99		Molybdenite		Mo	205796	Vlaykov Vruh Mine, Elshitsa, Panagyurishte (Panagurishte) Obshtina, Pazardzhik Province, Bulgaria	Vlaykov Vruh	Zimmerman et al. (2008)	10.1007/s00126-007-0149-z	MD43_1
Mo-00421	87.34	86.74	87.04±0.3	Re-Os	molybdenite	VV-46/99b		Molybdenite		Mo	205796	Vlaykov Vruh Mine, Elshitsa, Panagyurishte (Panagurishte) Obshtina, Pazardzhik Province, Bulgaria	Vlaykov Vruh	Zimmerman et al. (2008)	10.1007/s00126-007-0149-z	MD43_1
PorphCu-00283	170	154	170–154						Aikinite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Galena, Goethite, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Rutile, Sphalerite, Tetradymite	Cu	205796	Vlaykov Vruh Mine, Elshitsa, Panagyurishte (Panagurishte) Obshtina, Pazardzhik Province, Bulgaria	Vlaykov Vruh	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
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	Yes	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	Yes	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	Yes	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	Yes	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-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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