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Locality Name:
Svishti Plaz Mine, Balkan Mts (Stara Planina), Bulgaria


mindat Locality ID: 45593
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-45593.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Svishti Plaz Mine, Balkan Mts (Stara Planina), Bulgaria": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 42°46'19"N
Longitude: 24°6'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.771944444444,24.112777777778

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumKaoliniteMarcasite
MeneghiniteMicaNickelineNonePavonitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel
StibniteTetrahedrite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Aikinite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Benjaminite  (*)Berryite  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Friedrichite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Matildite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pekoite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS30315
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Benjaminite  (*)PavoniteAg3Bi7S12045
Berryite  (*)MeneghiniteCu3Ag2Pb3Bi7S16050
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi01966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S301935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Friedrichite  (*)MeneghiniteCu5Pb5Bi7S18043
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS20252
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Pekoite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBi11S18039
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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