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Locality Name:
Ivaylovgrad Obshtina, Haskovo Province, Bulgaria


mindat Locality ID: 246448
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-246448.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ivaylovgrad Obshtina, Haskovo Province, Bulgaria": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Ivaylovgrad
Popsko Ore Field

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 Ba Bi Ca Co Cu Fe H K Ni O Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCorundum
CubaniteEpidoteMarcasiteMeneghiniteMicaNickelineNonePentlanditePolybasitePyrite
QuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStanniteStibniteTetradymiteWurtzite

34 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Aikinite  (*)Argentopentlandite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clausthalite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)
Cosalite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Epidote  (*)Eskebornite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Ikunolite  (*)Laitakarite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)
Maldonite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pearceite  (*)Proustite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Smythite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Tellurium  (*)Tetradymite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1288592793
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS3128857315
Argentopentlandite  (*)PentlanditeAg(Fe,Ni)8S812885767
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS228857,288599052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)12885911547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1288571966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31288571935
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2228857,2885927198
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe128857281
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS128857966
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S5128857344
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3128857802
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1288578173
Eskebornite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeSe212885726
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS228857,2885924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu228857,2885930554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O312885914640
Ikunolite  (*)TetradymiteBi4S312885754
Laitakarite  (*)TetradymiteBi4(Se,S)312885730
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)128857451
Maldonite  (*)NoneAu2Bi12885788
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21288575674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2228857,2885817380
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]128859249
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3128859733
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2228857,2885939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81288579056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2228857,2885961156
Silver  (*)CopperAg1288595186
Smythite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3+xS4 (x ≈ 0-0.3)12885777
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS228857,2885921482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4128857668
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe128857190
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S128857510



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