Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Chiprovtsi Obshtina, Montana Province, Bulgaria

mindat Locality ID: 244550
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-244550.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chiprovtsi Obshtina, Montana Province, Bulgaria": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Chiprovtsi Deposit

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Fluorite	Marcasite	None	Owyheeite
Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Diaphorite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Jamesonite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Owyheeite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe Hg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Fluorite Marcasite None Owyheeite
Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	28942	2793
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	28942	11547
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	28942	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	28942	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	28942	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	28942	2600
Diaphorite ()*	None	Ag₃Pb₂Sb₃S₈	1	28942	126
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	28942	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	28942	24243
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	1	28942	784
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	28942	5674
Owyheeite ()*	Owyheeite	Ag₃Pb₁₀Sb₁₁S₂₈	1	28942	89
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	28942	716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	28942	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	28942	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	28942	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	28942	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	28942	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	28942	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	1	28942	586
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	28942	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	28942	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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