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Native Silver from
Elshitsa mine, Elshitsa, Panagyurishte Municipality, Pazardzhik Province, Bulgaria


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Native Silver
Formula:Ag
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Native Silver data
Locality Data:Click here to view Elshitsa mine, Elshitsa, Panagyurishte Municipality, Pazardzhik Province, Bulgaria
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:600231
Long-form Identifier:1:3:600231:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Native Silver
6.3km (3.9 miles) ⓘRadka Mine, Levski, Panagyurishte Municipality, Pazardzhik Province, Bulgaria
21.2km (13.2 miles) ⓘAssarel Mine, Panagyurishte, Panagyurishte Municipality, Pazardzhik Province, Bulgaria
45.3km (28.1 miles) ⓘElatsite Mine, Etropole Municipality, Sofia Province, Bulgaria
76.5km (47.6 miles) ⓘLaki tailings dam, Laki, Laki Municipality, Plovdiv Province, Bulgaria
83.0km (51.6 miles) ⓘPletena, Satovcha Municipality, Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria
83.2km (51.7 miles) ⓘDroujba mine, Djurkovo Complex, Laki, Laki Municipality, Plovdiv Province, Bulgaria
97.9km (60.9 miles) ⓘDavidkovo ore field, Davidkovo, Banite Municipality, Smolyan Province, Bulgaria
References
Bogdanov, K., Tsonev, D., Kuzmanov, K. (1997) Mineralogy of gold in the Elshitsa massive sulphide deposit, Sredna Gora zone, Bulgaria. Mineralium Deposita, 32 (3) 219-229 doi:10.1007/s001260050087
Cook, N. J.; Ciobanu, C. L.; Bogdanov, K. (2002) Trace mineralogy of the Upper Cretaceous banatitic Magmatic and metallogenetic Belt, SE Europe. 11th Quadrennial IAGOD symposium–Geocongress 2002, ume.
Moritz, R., Kouzmanov, K., & Petrunov, R. (2004). Late Cretaceous Cu–Au epithermal deposits of the Panagyurishte district, Srednogorie zone, Bulgaria. Swiss Bulletin of Mineralogy and Petrology, 84(1), 79-99.
 
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