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Locality Name:
Venetsa Deposit, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria


mindat Locality ID: 27158
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27158.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Venetsa Deposit, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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: As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K O S Sb 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K O S Sb Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAndalusiteBaryteDiasporeMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideriteTetrahedriteTyrolite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Cornubite  (*)Cornwallite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Malachite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Strashimirite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tyrolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)0363
Cornubite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)40109
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)40175
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)0492
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O0428
Strashimirite  (*)NoneCu4(AsO4)2(OH)2·2.5H2O090
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O0245


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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