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Locality Name:
Rosen Ore Field (Rossen Ore Field), Sozopol, Burgas Province, Bulgaria


mindat Locality ID: 25109
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25109.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rosen Ore Field (Rossen Ore Field), Sozopol, Burgas Province, Bulgaria": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Atija Village
Cherveno Zname Mine
Medni Rid
Propadnala Woda Mine
Surneshko Kladenche Deposit

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: Al Au Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo O P Pb S Si Sr W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au Bi Ca Ce Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O P Pb S Si Sr W 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayColumbiteCopperCorundumKaoliniteMalachite
MeneghiniteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPalygorskitePyritePyrophylliteQuartzScheelite
SpinelStibniteTopaz

34 IMA Minerals at location:
Aikinite  (*)Alunite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Celestine  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Dickite  (*)Ferberite  (*)Florencite-(Ce)  (*)Friedrichite  (*)Gold  (*)
Hammarite  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Lindströmite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Palygorskite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Svanbergite  (*)Tenorite  (*)Topaz  (*)Woodhouseite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS30315
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6128841966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S301935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41288405516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)328840,28841,2884427770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)01252
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S228840,288415707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2328840,28841,2884427198
Copper  (*)CopperCu1288433846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O228841,288432970
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4128841651
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)0551
Florencite-(Ce)  (*)AluniteCeAl3(PO4)2(OH)6073
Friedrichite  (*)MeneghiniteCu5Pb5Bi7S18043
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Hammarite  (*)MeneghiniteCu2Pb2Bi4S9043
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41288415591
Lindströmite  (*)MeneghinitePb3Cu3Bi7S15038
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2328840,28841,2884412537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2228841,2884417380
Palygorskite  (*)Palygorskite Clay(Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O0306
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)202273
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4128843369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2428840,28841,28843,2884439462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2128841771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212884461156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)04894
Svanbergite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6128841105
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1288441101
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F21288411476
Woodhouseite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)612884162



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