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Elshitsa Mine (Elshica Mine), Elshitsa, Panagyurishte (Panagurishte) Obshchina, Srednogorie (Sredna Gora; Srdnia Gora) Region, Pazardzhik (Pazardjik) Oblast, Bulgaria

Epithermal volcanic-hosted massive sulphide (VHMS) copper-gold deposit, mined from 1922 to 1999.



References:
- Bogdanov, K., Tsonev, D., and Kuzmanov, K. (1997): Mineralogy of gold in the Elshitsa massive sulphide deposit, Sredna Gora zone, Bulgaria. Mineralium Deposita 32, 219-229.
- Kouzmanov, K., Moritz, R., von Quadt, A., Chiaradia, M., Peytcheva, I., Fontignie, D., Ramboz, C., and Bogdanov, K. (2009): Late Cretaceous porphyry Cu and epithermal Cu–Au association in the Southern Panagyurishte District, Bulgaria: the paired Vlaykov Vruh and Elshitsa deposits. Mineralium Deposita 44, 611-646.





Mineral List:
Aikinite
Albite
Altaite
Alunite
Anatase
Anhydrite
Arsenosulvanite
Baryte
Betekhtinite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Bornite
Calcite
Cassiterite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Covellite
Diaspore
Digenite
Dumortierite
Enargite
Epidote
Fluorite
Galena
Gold
var: Electrum
Goldfieldite
Gypsum
Idaite
Illite
Jarosite
Magnetite
var: Titaniferous Magnetite

Marcasite
Melanterite
Pyrite
Quartz
Rutile
'Sericite'
Silver
Sphalerite
Stannoidite
Sulvanite
Tellurium
Tennantite
Tetradymite
Tetrahedrite


47 entries listed. 42 valid minerals.

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