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Locality Name:
Pazardzhik Obshtina, Pazardzhik Province, Bulgaria

Oldest recorded age at locality: 90
Youngest recorded age at locality: 90

mindat Locality ID: 232333
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-232333.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pazardzhik Obshtina, Pazardzhik Province, Bulgaria": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Tsar Assen

Latitude: 42°21'19"N
Longitude: 24°20'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.355277777778,24.338611111111

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: Al As Au C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mo Na Ni O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCorundumEnargiteEpidoteFeldsparGypsum
KaoliniteMalachiteMicaMilleriteMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteRocksaltSphalerite
SpinelTetrahedriteWurtzite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Alunite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Linnaeite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Millerite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)90901289678803
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)69090128967966
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)90901289671588
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)290901289675509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS490901289675516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S90901289675707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2909012896727198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS9090128967966
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS49090128967910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)90901289678173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS909012896724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu909012896730554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O90901289676890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3909012896714640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)490901289675591
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S49090128967249
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4909012896714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2909012896712537
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS90901289671066
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS290901289675800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2909012896717380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2909012896739462
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS909012896721482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1390901289671803



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-002849090Early Senonian      Albite, Alunite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cobaltite, Enargite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Millerite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, ElectrumCu205797Tsar Assen Mine, Tsar Assen, Pazardzhik Obshtina, Pazardzhik Province, BulgariaTsar AssenSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


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