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Sericite from
Elatsite Mine, Etropole Municipality, Sofia 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 Elatsite Mine, Etropole Municipality, Sofia Province, Bulgaria
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:616409
Long-form Identifier:1:3:616409:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sericite
2.4km (1.5 miles) ⓘNegarshtitsa West deposit, Etropole Municipality, Sofia Province, Bulgaria
5.2km (3.2 miles) ⓘVozdol deposit, Chelopech Municipality, Sofia Province, Bulgaria
6.0km (3.7 miles) ⓘDolna Kamenitsa vein, Etropole Municipality, Sofia Province, Bulgaria
6.1km (3.8 miles) ⓘSharlo dere deposit, Chelopech Municipality, Sofia Province, Bulgaria
6.8km (4.2 miles) ⓘGorna Kamenitsa deposit, Etropole Municipality, Sofia Province, Bulgaria
6.9km (4.3 miles) ⓘEtropole deposit, Etropole Municipality, Sofia Province, Bulgaria
6.9km (4.3 miles) ⓘSvishti Plaz Mine, Etropole 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
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, HÞnken, 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
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.
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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