Elshitsa Mine (Elshica Mine), Elshitsa, Panagyurishte (Panagurishte) Obshchina, Pazardzhik (Pazardjik) Oblast, Bulgaria

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

The Cu-Au deposit of Elshitsa is located about 1 km to the NW of the Vlaykov Vruh porphyry-Cu deposit.

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.
- K. Kouzmanov, K. Bogdanov, C. Ramboz (2005): Te- and Bi-bearing assemblages in the Elshitsa and Radka epithermal deposits, Central Srednogorie, Bulgaria: Mineralogy and genetical features. Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Petrology, 43, 108-112.
- 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' Chrysocolla Covellite Diaspore Digenite Dumortierite Enargite Epidote Fluorite Galena

Gold var: Electrum Goldfieldite Gypsum Idaite Illite Jarosite Magnetite var: Titaniferous Magnetite Malachite Marcasite Melanterite Muscovite var: Sericite Pyrite

Quartz Rutile Silver Sphalerite Stannoidite Sulvanite Tellurium Tennantite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite

49 entries listed. 44 valid minerals.