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Bornite from
Elatsite Mine, Etropole Municipality, Sofia Province, Bulgaria


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Bornite
Formula:Cu5FeS4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Bornite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Elatsite Mine, Etropole Municipality, Sofia Province, Bulgaria
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:136048
Long-form Identifier:1:3:136048:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Bornite
5.2km (3.2 miles) ⓘVozdol deposit, Chelopech Municipality, Sofia Province, Bulgaria
9.5km (5.9 miles) ⓘKarlievo porphyry copper deposit, Karlievo, Zlatitsa Municipality, Sofia Province, Bulgaria
9.9km (6.1 miles) ⓘChelopech Au-Cu Mine, Chelopech Municipality, Sofia Province, Bulgaria
20.8km (12.9 miles) ⓘMedet Mine, Panagyurishte, Panagyurishte Municipality, Pazardzhik Province, Bulgaria
24.1km (15.0 miles) ⓘAssarel Mine, Panagyurishte, Panagyurishte Municipality, Pazardzhik Province, Bulgaria
24.7km (15.4 miles) ⓘOrlovo Gnezdo deposit, Panagyurishte, Panagyurishte Municipality, Pazardzhik Province, Bulgaria
45.3km (28.1 miles) ⓘElshitsa mine, Elshitsa, Panagyurishte Municipality, Pazardzhik Province, Bulgaria
46.8km (29.1 miles) ⓘVlaykov Vruh Mine, Elshitsa, Panagyurishte Municipality, Pazardzhik Province, Bulgaria
46.8km (29.1 miles) ⓘRadka Mine, Levski, Panagyurishte Municipality, Pazardzhik Province, Bulgaria
50.5km (31.4 miles) ⓘTsar Asen Mine, Tsar Asen, Pazardzhik Municipality, Pazardzhik Province, Bulgaria
References
Strashimirov, Strashimir, Petrunov, Rumen, Kanazirski, Milko (2002) Porphyry-copper mineralisation in the central Srednogorie zone, Bulgaria. Mineralium Deposita, 37 (6) 587-598 doi:10.1007/s00126-002-0275-6
Tarkian, Mahmud, Hünken, Ulf, Tokmakchieva, Margarita, Bogdanov, Kamen (2003) Precious-metal distribution and fluid-inclusion petrography of the Elatsite porphyry copper deposit, Bulgaria. Mineralium Deposita, 38 (3) 261-281 doi:10.1007/s00126-002-0336-x
Bogdanov, K., Filipov, A., Kehayov, R. (2005) Au-Ag-Te-Se minerals in the Elatsite porphyry-copper deposit, Bulgaria. Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Petrology: 43: 13-19.
Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., Moring, B.C. (2008) Porphyry copper deposits of the world: Database and grade and tonnage models, 2008. Open-File Report 2008-1155
Georgiev, Georgi (2008) A genetic model of the Elatsite porphyry copper deposit, Bulgaria. Geochemistry, Mineralogy And Petrology: 46: 143-160.
Mladenova, V., Apostolova, R., & Ivanov, Z. (2017). Epithermal intermediate-sulfidation veins in the low-grade metamorphic rocks in the upper levels of the Elatsite porphyry copper deposit, Bulgaria. Review of the Bulgarian Geological Society, 78.
Stefanova, Elitsa, Georgiev, Stoyan, Peytcheva, Irena, Marchev, Peter, Quadt, Albrecht Von, Raicheva, Raya, Gerdjikov, Ianko, Kouzmanov, Kalin, Boyce, Adrian, Vennemann, Torsten (2023) Sulfide Trace Element Signatures and S- and Pb-Isotope Geochemistry of Porphyry Copper and Epithermal Gold-Base Metal Mineralization in the Eletsite–Chelopech Ore Field (Bulgaria) Minerals, 13 (5) 630 doi:10.3390/min13050630
 
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