Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Yambol Province, Bulgaria

Oldest recorded age at locality: 81
Youngest recorded age at locality: 81

mindat Locality ID: 48865
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-48865.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yambol Province, Bulgaria": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Bolyarovo Obshtina
Elhovo Obshtina
Tundzha Obshtina
Yambol Obshtina

Latitude: 42°20'30"N
Longitude: 26°17'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.341666666667,26.295555555556

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.

Allophane	Amorphous	Aphthitalite	Brochantite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper
Corundum	Epidote	Ettringite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Hydrotalcite	Junoite	Kaolinite
Kobellite	Lillianite	Ludwigite	Malachite	Marcasite	Meneghinite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Olivine	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel
Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Vesuvianite

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 B Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Se Si Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Aphthitalite Brochantite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper
Corundum Epidote Ettringite Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Hydrotalcite Junoite Kaolinite
Kobellite Lillianite Ludwigite Malachite Marcasite Meneghinite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Olivine Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel
Stibnite Tetrahedrite Vesuvianite

57 IMA Minerals at location:

Aikinite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Azurite ()*
Berryite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Cosalite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Galenobismutite ()*	Gold ()*	Gustavite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hedenbergite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Hydrotalcite ()*	Junoite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Krupkaite ()*	Lillianite ()*	Ludwigite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Merwinite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monticellite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Perovskite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyroaurite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Thaumasite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*
Wittichenite ()*	Xonotlite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃			1	29154	315
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	29144	2353
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	81	81	1	29150	1588
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	29144	708
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	81	81	2	29147,29150	5509
Berryite ()*	Meneghinite	Cu₃Ag₂Pb₃Bi₇S₁₆			1	29154	50
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			1	29154	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	81	81	1	29150	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆			1	29149	1633
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	81	81	3	29149,29150,29154	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	29154	3531
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	29144	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			1	29144	1756
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	81	81	1	29150	966
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅			1	29154	344
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	29154	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	29144	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	81	81	1	29150	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	81	81	1	29150	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	81	81	2	29150,29154	24243
Galenobismutite ()*	Kobellite	PbBi₂S₄			1	29154	192
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	29154	30554
Gustavite ()*	Lillianite	AgPbBi₃S₆			1	29154	113
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	81	81	1	29150	6890
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆			2	29144,29149	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	81	81	2	29149,29150	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te			1	29154	804
Hydrotalcite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Al₂CO₃(OH)₁₆(H₂O)₄			1	29149	87
Junoite ()*	Junoite	Cu₂Pb₃Bi₈(S,Se)₁₆			1	29154	18
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	81	81	1	29150	5591
Krupkaite ()*	Meneghinite	PbCuBi₃S₆			1	29154	80
Lillianite ()*	Lillianite	Pb_3-2xAg_xBi_2+xS₆			1	29154	128
Ludwigite ()*	Ludwigite	Mg₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)			1	29149	134
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	81	81	2	29149,29150	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	81	81	2	29147,29150	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	29149	5674
Merwinite ()*	Aphthitalite	Ca₃Mg(SiO₄)₂			1	29144	23
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	81	81	1	29150	5800
Monticellite ()*	Olivine	CaMg(SiO₄)			1	29144	153
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	81	81	1	29150	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	29149	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	29154	2349
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃			1	29144	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	29144	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	81	81	3	29149,29150,29154	39462
Pyroaurite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O			1	29149	89
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	81	81	2	29149,29150	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			2	29147,29154	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	81	81	3	29149,29150,29154	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			1	29144	1934
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	81	81	1	29150	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO			1	29147	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	29147	5317
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O			1	29144	183
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀			1	29144	1395
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃			1	29154	297
Xonotlite ()*	None	Ca₆Si₆O₁₇(OH)₂			1	29144	109

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	PorphCu-00282	81	81	81									Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Cobaltite, Epidote, Fluorite, Galena, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite	Cu	205795	Prohorovo Mine, Tundzha Obshtina, Yambol Province, Bulgaria	Prohorovo	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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