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Locality Name:
Sedeftche Deposit (Sedefche), Momchilgrad Obshtina, Kardzhali Province, Bulgaria


mindat Locality ID: 45542
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-45542.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sedeftche Deposit (Sedefche), Momchilgrad Obshtina, Kardzhali Province, Bulgaria": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
North Ore Body
Ralitza Dere
South Ore Body

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 As Au Ba Cd Co Cu Fe Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Au Ba Cd Cu Fe In Mn O Pb S Sb Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteChalcopyriteCobaltiteCopperLillianiteMarcasiteNickeline
NoneOwyheeitePolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedrite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cobaltite  (*)Diaphorite  (*)Fizélyite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Freieslebenite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Marcasite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Owyheeite  (*)
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Polybasite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Ramdohrite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1289222793
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs0379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS228922,289239052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2228922,2892327198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS128923966
Diaphorite  (*)NoneAg3Pb2Sb3S80126
Fizélyite  (*)LillianiteAg5Pb14Sb21S48054
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S120663
Freieslebenite  (*)NoneAgPbSbS30105
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS228922,2892324243
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2228922,289235674
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS2128922300
Owyheeite  (*)OwyheeiteAg3Pb10Sb11S28089
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS128923767
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]128923716
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31289221425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2228922,2892339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81289239056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Ramdohrite  (*)LillianitePb5.9Fe0.1Mn0.1In0.1Cd0.2Ag2.8Sb10.8S24034
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS228922,2892321482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31289223418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131289235317


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