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Muscovite from
Sharlo dere deposit, Chelopech Municipality, Sofia Province, Bulgaria


Locality type:Occurrence
Classification
Species:Muscovite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Muscovite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sharlo dere deposit, Chelopech Municipality, Sofia Province, Bulgaria
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1000386
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1000386:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Muscovite
1.3km (0.8 miles) ⓘVozdol deposit, Chelopech Municipality, Sofia Province, Bulgaria
4.4km (2.7 miles) ⓘChelopech Au-Cu Mine, Chelopech Municipality, Sofia Province, Bulgaria
6.1km (3.8 miles) ⓘElatsite Mine, Etropole Municipality, Sofia Province, Bulgaria
7.5km (4.6 miles) ⓘSvishti Plaz Mine, Etropole Municipality, Sofia Province, Bulgaria
7.9km (4.9 miles) ⓘNegarshtitsa West deposit, Etropole Municipality, Sofia Province, Bulgaria
12.1km (7.5 miles) ⓘDolna Kamenitsa vein, Etropole Municipality, Sofia Province, Bulgaria
12.8km (8.0 miles) ⓘEtropole deposit, Etropole Municipality, Sofia Province, Bulgaria
12.9km (8.0 miles) ⓘGorna Kamenitsa deposit, Etropole Municipality, Sofia Province, Bulgaria
14.7km (9.1 miles) ⓘMedet Mine, Panagyurishte, Panagyurishte Municipality, Pazardzhik Province, Bulgaria
18.5km (11.5 miles) ⓘAssarel Mine, Panagyurishte, Panagyurishte Municipality, Pazardzhik Province, Bulgaria
References
Chambefort, Isabelle, Moritz, Robert, von Quadt, Albrecht (2007) Petrology, geochemistry and U–Pb geochronology of magmatic rocks from the high-sulfidation epithermal Au–Cu Chelopech deposit, Srednogorie zone, Bulgaria. Mineralium Deposita, 42 (7) 665-690 doi:10.1007/s00126-007-0126-6
Kalchev, Radoslav; Peytcheva, Irena; Chew, David; Hikov, Atanas; Stefanova, Elitsa (2026) Geochemical and Textural Features of Apatites from Propylitic to Advanced Argillic Hydrothermal Alteration Zones in the Sharlo Dere Area, Chelopech Cu-Au Deposit, Bulgaria. Minerals, 16 (2). doi:10.3390/min16020150
 
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