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Locality Name:
Kirkovo Obshtina, Kardzhali Province, Bulgaria


mindat Locality ID: 246753
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-246753.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kirkovo Obshtina, Kardzhali Province, Bulgaria": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Dobromirci (Dobromirtsi)
Varbitsa River

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 Ca Cr Cu Fe H Hg Ir Mg Ni O Pt Ru S Si Ti U Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleChalcopyriteChloriteClayCopperCorundumFluoriteGarnetMilleriteNone
PentlanditePyriteRutileSpinelTitaniteZircon

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Copper  (*)Corundum  (*)Godlevskite  (*)Gold  (*)
Heazlewoodite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hercynite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Iridium  (*)
Laurite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Maucherite  (*)Millerite  (*)Orcelite  (*)
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Platinum  (*)Pyrite  (*)Ruthenium  (*)
Rutile  (*)Silver  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Titanite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3228902,289042353
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2128902718
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS212890227198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4228902,289043902
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1289042600
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81289021756
Copper  (*)CopperCu1289023846
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O31289021797
Godlevskite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S812890240
Gold  (*)CopperAu12890430554
Heazlewoodite  (*)NoneNi3S2128902205
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O312890214640
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O4128902407
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3228902,289045433
Iridium  (*)CopperIr128904162
Laurite  (*)PyriteRuS2128902226
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O412890414899
Maucherite  (*)NoneNi11As8128902161
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS1289021066
Orcelite  (*)NoneNi5-xAs2 (x = 0.25)12890236
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS128902767
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81289021512
Platinum  (*)CopperPt128902485
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS212890239462
Ruthenium  (*)NoneRu12890446
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21289045614
Silver  (*)CopperAg1289045186
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs2128904337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1289024899
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21289042718
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)228902,289045251


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