Cu-Au mine, located 45 km east of Sofia (65 km according to other web sources).
Epithermal high-sulphidation gold-enargite deposit in the Panagyurishte metallogenetic district, Srednogorie zone, Alpine-Carpathians-Balkan metallogenic belt.
Refs.:
- 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, 79-99.
- Chambefort, I., and Moritz, R. (2007): Late Cretaceous structural control and Alpine overprint of the high-sulfidation Cu–Au epithermal Chelopech deposit, Srednogorie belt, Bulgaria. Mineralium Deposita 42, 665-690.
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http://www.ame.com.au/mines/au/Chelopech.htm54 entries listed. 49 valid minerals. 3 type localities (valid minerals).