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Merenskyite from
Elatsite Mine, Etropole Municipality, Sofia Province, Bulgaria


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Merenskyite
Formula:PdTe2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Merenskyite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Elatsite Mine, Etropole Municipality, Sofia Province, Bulgaria
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:612510
Long-form Identifier:1:3:612510:3
GUID (UUID V4):db7516f7-a831-4f0d-92ff-5cfa4e7d546f
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE PGE MINERALIZATION IN THE ELATSITE PORPHYRY Cu–Au DEPOSIT, BULGARIA: COMPARISON WITH THE BAULA–NUASAHI...Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Bl. 24, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria LAURENT BAILLY BRGM, Mineral Resources Division...F–45060 OrlĂ©ans Cedex 2, France ABSTRACT The Elatsite porphyry-copper deposit contains platinum-group...minerals associated with base-metal sulfides, i.e., merenskyite, moncheite, palladoarsenide and an undetermined...porphyry copper, hydrothermal remobilization, Elatsite, Bulgaria. SOMMAIRE Le porphyre cuprifĂšre dÊŒElatsite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Metals at the Assarel Porphyry Copper-Gold Deposit, Bulgaria, as Supporting Information for the Development...costin@rice.edu Asarel Medet AD, 4500 Panagyurishte, Bulgaria; divanov@asarel.com (D.I.); vstoilov@asarel.com...deposit in the Srednogorie metallogenic zone (Bulgaria) constrains the setting and character of precious...scanning technology being developed as part of the X-MINE project. Scanning electron microscopy–energy dispersive...mineralization events. Several rare minerals (e.g., merenskyite, acanthite, sorosite, tetra-auricupride, auricupride
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineralisation in the central Srednogorie zone, Bulgaria Received: 10 January 2001 / Accepted: 30 January...the Srednogorie zone (Bulgaria) are represented by three major deposits (Elatsite, Medet and Assarel) and...as the major gold-copper mine at Chelopech located 10 km from the Elatsite porphyry-copper deposit. Mineralisation...Mining and Geology St. Ivan Rilski, SoïŹa 1700, Bulgaria E-mail: sbs@staïŹ€.mgu.bg R. Petrunov (&) Æ M. Kanazirski...Geology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, SoïŹa 1113, Bulgaria E-mail: petrunov@geology.bas.bg E-mail: milko@geology
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
fluid-inclusion petrography of the Elatsite porphyry copper deposit, Bulgaria Received: 12 October 2000 /...January 2003  Springer-Verlag 2003 Abstract The Elatsite porphyry copper deposit occurs in an island-arc...tennantite, clausthalite–galena, gold–electrum and merenskyite–moncheite. Precious-metal contents are relatively...g/t respectively. The copper mineralisation at Elatsite took place at pressures of 120 to 300 bar, corresponding...Tokmakchieva University of Mining and Geology, SoïŹa, Bulgaria K. Bogdanov Department of Mineralogy, Petrology
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Department of Geology, University of Sofia, Sofia 1504, Bulgaria; E-Mail: dobretenov@adiss-bg.com * Author...ppm) mineralization with high Pd/Pt ratios at the Elatsite porphyry deposit, which is found in a spatial...association with the Chelopech epithermal deposit (Bulgaria) and the Skouries porphyry deposit, may have formed...palladium; platinum; potential; transitional; Greece; Bulgaria Geosciences 2014, 4 32 1. Introduction Many...Copper King Mine in USA [12,13], Skouries porphyry deposit, Greece [14,15], Elatsite, Bulgaria [16–19],
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Box 3-1 128 3–1: The Elatsite porphyry Cu–Au deposit, Bulgaria Ore deposit: Lat. 42°45’ N, Long. 24°02’...Mineralogy and Crystallography, BAS, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria Received 30 November 2004, accepted 21 March...the high-sulphidation deposit of Chelopech, the Elatsite porphyry Cu–Au deposit (Figs. 1 and 2) is related...Cretaceous intrusive rocks of the Srednogorie zone (Bulgaria), as part of the Alpine– Balkan–Carpathian–Dinaride...clausthalite, gold, electrum, hessite, naumannite, merenskyite (Figs. 3 and 4, Table 1). Key References: Fanger
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
at Skouries include: sopcheite [Ag4Pd3Te4], merenskyite [(Pd,Pt)(Te,Bi)2] and kotulskite [Pd(Te,Bi)]...(Economou-Eliopoulos, 2010). For example, the Elatsite deposit, Bulgaria has an average whole rock Pt content...Polley & Island Copper, British Columbia; Medet, Bulgaria; Majdanpek, Serbia; Erdenetuin-Obo, Mongolia;...stage in the Elatsite, Santo Tomas II, Kalmakyr, Mamut and Majdanpek deposits. The Elatsite and Santo Tomas... Detailed studies established that at Elatsite the PGE are hosted in merenskyite [(Pd,Pt)(Te,Bi)2], and in a solid
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
indicate that the main Pd-bearing mineral, merenskyite, is associated with the vein-type chalcopyrite...porphyry copper mineralizations of Greece and Bulgaria by Eliopoulos and EconomouEliopoulos Ćœ1991., Eliopoulos...northwest through Hungary, Rumania, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and northern Greece in the southeast. The southern...an association of the main Pd-bearing mineral merenskyite, with chalcopyrite or bornite ĆœTable 2; Mutschler...malachite, hematite, magnetite . Alteration type Bulgaria (Srednogorie zone ) Medet potassic– propylitic–
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(2005) A new copper silicate mineral from the Clara mine, Central Black Forest. Der ErzgrĂ€ber, 19, 1–4 (in...secondary mineral was found on the dumps of the Clara mine, Central Black Forest, Germany. It forms bluish...from the Bir Bir river, Yubdo district, Wallaga province, Ethiopia. It is opaque, has a metallic luster...platinum deposits of the Yubdo district, Wallaga province, Ethiopia which cover an area of >30 km2. The...Pb-Zn skarn deposits in the Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria. Can. Mineral., 43,1027– 1042 Manganilvaite occurs
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
with the association of the major Pd-mineral (merenskyite) with bornite and 48 chalcopyrite (major Cu-minerals)...Romania, Serbia and Bulgaria, (up to 4 ppm in in high grade ores) from the 82 Elatsite deposit (Augé et...(Economou- 83 Eliopoulos, 2005). The Pd-telluride merenskyite occurs as inclusions or/and at margins of chalcopyrite... Philippines (Tarkian and Koopmann, 1995), in Bulgaria (Augé et al., 2005). Although the potential for...porphyry-Cu-Mo deposits from Greece (Skouries), Bulgaria (Elatsite, Medet, Assarel and Trar 99 Asen), Russia
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Fengshan porphyry–skarn Cu–Mo deposit, Hubei Province, Eastern China Minfang Wang a,b,c,⁎, Jens Gutzmer...and Copper King Mine in the USA, Skouries porphyry deposit in Greece, Elatsite in Bulgaria, and Santo Tomas...been identiïŹed in some of these deposits, such as Elatsite, Majdanpek, Mamut, Biga and Skouries. Since then...1–12 these PGMs are mostly merenskyite or solid solutions of merenskyite– moncheite, 50–100 ÎŒm in size...stage stockwork mineralization of the Elatsite Cu–Au deposit, Bulgaria, has been attributed to a direct involvement
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Veliki Krivelj and Bor in Serbia; Elacite in Bulgaria (Tarkian et al. 2003); Skouries in Greece; Mamut...4% Cu, 0.2–0.5% Mo, 0.5–0.6 g/t Au (V. A. Gornov, mine chief geologist, pers. com.) in the Kalmakyr open...concentrates from the Assarel porphyry deposit, Bulgaria (54 ppb), Grasberg deposit, Indonesia (58 ppb)...are represented by merenskyite (Pd0.9Pt0.1Te1.8Bi0.2) or solid solutions of merenskyite– moncheite (Pt0...stimulating discussion and field guidance during the mine visit. We thank L. Strnad from the Faculty of Science
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
altaite, and extremely 23 rare melonite NiTe2, merenskyite PdTe2, and sopcheite Ag4Pd3Te4; (2) Gold-arsenopyrite-base-...sample (M- 185 1/139) in chalcopyrite (Fig. 6). Merenskyite (PdTe2) occurs as oval micron-scale grains intergrown...in size, was found in 188 intergrowth with merenskyite and hessite (Fig. 6b,c). 189 In one sample...deposit (Kovalenker et al., 2010), Elatsite Cu-porphyry deposit, Bulgaria 362 (Tarkian et al., 2003), Petropavlovskoe...of PGE minerals 410 Palladium tellurides (merenskyite and sopcheite), found during this study, were
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The Platreef is mined in the Mogalakwena open pit mine which comprises the Sandsloot and Overysel farms...present. The Pd-Bi-Te minerals consist of Pd-rich merenskyite [(Pd,Pt)(Bi,Te)2] (81% of total area) and kotulskite...Composition of Pd-Bi-Te minerals The compositions of merenskyite and kotulskite in Aurora were measured with SEM-EDS...sulphide-hosted merenskyite are the most Bi-rich (mean 9.2 wt. % Bi), with hydrothermal merenskyite (with no...sulphide association) and sulphide-halo hosted merenskyite having low Bi, high Te compositions (mean 6.6
Report (issue)
........................................... R15 Mine Waste Characteristics........................................................................ R17 Mine Closure...........................................one another at Dashuigou and Majiagou (Sichuan Province) in southwestern China, and the epithermal-like...135° Cyprus Zarshuran Bushveld Great Dyke Elatsite Kochbulak Almalyk Kumtor Noril’sk Ural Mountains...Melonite NiTe2 Bezsmertnovite Au4Cu(Te,Pb) Merenskyite PdTe2 Bilibinskite PbCuAu3Te2 Michenerite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
widely postulated for the Cretaceous Jiaodong gold province, in the North China Craton, where gold mineralization...(Zhang et al. 2018), and the Mesozoic Jiaodong gold province (Deng et al. 2015; Fig. 5), both in China. Lead...similar to the gold ores of the Jiaodong gold province, which also plot over a range between the mantle...al. 1992), sulfides from Beaver Dam of Meguma province (Kontak and Smith 1989), normal range for orogenic...Central (Vallance et al. 2004), Beaver Dam of Meguma province (Kontak and Kerrich 1995), and typical range for
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(Economou-Eliopoulos and Eliopoulos, 2000), the Elatsite deposit, Bulgaria (Augé et al., 2005), the Mount Milligan...2005). The Pd and Pt-bearing phases, such as merenskyite, are closely associated with bornite, chalcopyrite...the average Pd/Pt values of ore samples from the Elatsite (n = 37), Skouries (n = 9), Kalmakyr (n = 4),...porphyries from British Columbia, and the Elatsite porphyry in Bulgaria, respectively and J.-W. Park et al...normalized patterns of mineralized samples from the Elatsite porphyry deposit and three of the deposits from
Book
Refining the Classification Using McCreedy West Mine and Podolsky Project Case Studies 163-180 C.E.G...Dyke, Zimbabwe - Case Study of the Hartley Platinum Mine A.H. Wilson, R.T. Brown 409-429 20. The Platinova...REFINING THE CLASSIFICATION: USING McCREEDY WEST MINE, AND PODOLSKY PROJECT CASE STUDIES C.E.G. Farrow...DYKE, ZIMBABWE – CASE STUDY OF THE HARTLEY PLATINUM MINE A.H. Wilson, R.T. Brown INTRODUCTION EXPLORATION...of the MSZ Nature of the MSZ at Hartley Platinum Mine PGE Distribution in the Ore Zone Stratigraphic PGE
Report (issue)
Tellurides Kotulskite PdTe Hollingworthite RhAsS Merenskyite (Pd,Pt)(Te,Bi)2 Laurite (Ru,Os)S2 Michenerite...to Iiquids not able to be mixed together. 5 www. Mine ra Is UK. corn w Platinum . Iii -~ ~ . , ...from 1600 to 2500 mi IIi on years ago ° 1 www. Mine raIs UK. corn Four classes of PGE-dominant deposits...Approximute outcrop of Mer ersky Reef and UG2 Reef Province boundaries Faults e Towns Figure 2 The geology...quartz, and other light-coloured minerals. www. Mine ra Is UK. corn Merensky Reef type The Merensky
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
engineering and mineral processing operations for a mine, as well as refine geologic models for ore genesis...bornite or ten­ nantite, likely as merenskyite ((Pd,Pt)(Bi,Te)2). Merenskyite crystals (n = 9) range in size...Bi-bearing merenskyite grain was observed, measuring 3 ”m and hosted in bornite. Merenskyite was observed...Tetradymite(Bi2TeS2) Kurilite (Ag8Te3Se) Merenskyite (Pd(Bi,Te)2) Merenskyite (Pd(Bi,Te)2) Native gold Native...analytical totals. Further analysis is required to deter­ mine the mineral name, but this was outside the scope
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Skarn-Type (Lavrion, Plaka Mine) 3.1.1.The Massive Magnetite Skarn-Type Mine) ancient (earlier Separates...Separates than 1000ofB.C.), famous(Lavrion, mine of Plaka Lavrion in Attica (Greece) is associated withThe a...ancient (earlier than 1000 B.C.), Miocene famous mine Lavrion Attica (Greece) is associated with belt...magnetite separates from the ancient Lavrion (Plaka) mine, that is of The highest Ti and V contents were determined...640 deposit (40–59 ppm), skarn-type from Lavrion mine (38–39 ppm), and coastal sand from Kos Island ppm
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
levels in the historical, abandoned Valmaggia nickel mine. The exposures allowed access to fresh rocks and...Geological features of the pipe in the Valmaggia mine Similarly to other pipes, the Valmaggia intrusion...weathered ultramafic intrusion. The old Valmaggia mine consists of a network of tunnels developed on four...host rock. The contact surface exposed along the mine galleries vary between tectonic and primary magmatic...contacts exposed in the tunnels of the Valmaggia mine. A further contact lithology identified for the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
tellurobismuthite, 12 = stĂŒtzite, 13 = petzite, 14, 15 =merenskyite, 16, 17 = naldretteite-stibiopalladinite, 18...sphalerite, stĂŒtzite [Ag5-xTe(x = 0.24-0.36)], and merenskyite (PdTe2) are hosted in and spatially associated...sphalerite (sph), and (F) chalcopyrite (cpy) and merenskyite (mer). (G) Massive tetrahedrite-tennantite (tet-ten)...nadretteite-stibiopalladinite (nt-sb; Pd2Sb-Pb5Sb2) and merenskyite [mer; (Pd,Pt)(Te,Bi)2] rimmed by temagamite (tm;...mineralization in the Elastite porphyry Cu-Au deposit, Bulgaria: Comparison with the Baula-Nuasahi Complex, India
Book
111 Christina Stouraiti, Vassiliki Angelatou, Sofia Petushok, Konstantinos Soukis and Demetrios Eliopoulos...V7 S8 , was discovered in the abandoned chromium mine of Agios Stefanos of the Othrys ophiolite, located...eliopoulosite; sulïŹde; chromitite; Agios Stefanos mine; Othrys; ophiolite; Greece 1. Introduction Only...studied sample was collected in the abandoned chromium mine of Agios Stefanos, located a few km southwest of...showing the location of the Agios Stefanos chromium mine (B) and (C) detailed geological setting of the Agios
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
palladium 380 telluride minerals including merenskyite (Pt, Pd)(Te, Bi)2, kotulskite Pd(Te, Bi), keithconnite...Cretaceous–Paleogene Kuril–Kamchatka alkaline province. Petrology 7(5), 527–543 Konnikov E.G., Chubarov...hydrothermal evolution of the Elatsite porphyry Cu-Au deposit, Bulgaria. Econ. Geology 109, 1007 1359–1381
 
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