Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bresnik Deposit, Bresnik Obshtina, Pernik Province, Bulgaria

mindat Locality ID: 281850
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-281850.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bresnik Deposit, Bresnik Obshtina, Pernik Province, Bulgaria": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Bartoto Prospect

Latitude: 42°45'0"N
Longitude: 22°52'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.75,22.883055555556

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Epidote	Kaolinite
Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Alunite ()*	Baryte ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	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: Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Epidote Kaolinite
Malachite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Spinel Tetrahedrite

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	28976	966
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	28976	11547
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	28976	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	28976	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	28976	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	28976	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	28976	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	28976	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	28976	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	28976	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	28976	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	28976	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	28976	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	28976	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	28976	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	28976	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	28976	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	28976	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	28976	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	28976	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	28976	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	28976	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	28976	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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