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Sericite from
Assarel Mine, Panagyurishte, Panagyurishte Municipality, Pazardzhik Province, Bulgaria


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Muscovite var: Sericite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sericite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Assarel Mine, Panagyurishte, Panagyurishte Municipality, Pazardzhik Province, Bulgaria
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:279372
Long-form Identifier:1:3:279372:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sericite
7.4km (4.6 miles) ⓘMedet Mine, Panagyurishte, Panagyurishte Municipality, Pazardzhik Province, Bulgaria
14.3km (8.9 miles) ⓘChelopech Au-Cu Mine, Chelopech Municipality, Sofia Province, Bulgaria
18.5km (11.5 miles) ⓘSharlo dere deposit, Chelopech Municipality, Sofia Province, Bulgaria
19.0km (11.8 miles) ⓘVozdol deposit, Chelopech Municipality, Sofia Province, Bulgaria
21.2km (13.2 miles) ⓘElshitsa mine, Elshitsa, Panagyurishte Municipality, Pazardzhik Province, Bulgaria
22.7km (14.1 miles) ⓘVlaykov Vruh Mine, Elshitsa, Panagyurishte Municipality, Pazardzhik Province, Bulgaria
22.9km (14.3 miles) ⓘRadka Mine, Levski, Panagyurishte Municipality, Pazardzhik Province, Bulgaria
24.1km (15.0 miles) ⓘElatsite Mine, Etropole Municipality, Sofia Province, Bulgaria
25.0km (15.5 miles) ⓘNegarshtitsa West deposit, Etropole Municipality, Sofia Province, Bulgaria
25.1km (15.6 miles) ⓘSvishti Plaz Mine, Etropole Municipality, Sofia 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
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
Hikov, A., N. Velinova, S. Georgieva, A. Kunov (2011) Aluminium-phosphate-sulphate (APS) minerals in Bulgaria: characteristics and possibility for preservation. - In: V Intern. Symp. “Mineral Diversity Research and Preservation”, 9-15 October 2009, Sofia, Working papers, 37-48.
Cioacă, M. E., Ivanov, D., Iorga-Pavel, A., Stoilov, V., Milu, V., Barbu, O., ... & Munteanu, M. (2018). Au-Ag-Bi mineralization at the Assarel porphyry copper deposit (Srednogorie metallogenic zone, Bulgaria). Advances of Geology in southeast European mountain belts, 276.
 
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