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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Magnetite
Formula:Fe2+Fe23+O4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Magnetite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Elatsite Mine, Etropole Municipality, Sofia Province, Bulgaria
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:616429
Long-form Identifier:1:3:616429:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Magnetite
5.2km (3.2 miles) ā“˜Vozdol deposit, Chelopech Municipality, Sofia Province, Bulgaria
6.0km (3.7 miles) ā“˜Dolna Kamenitsa vein, Etropole Municipality, Sofia Province, Bulgaria
6.9km (4.3 miles) ā“˜Etropole deposit, Etropole Municipality, Sofia Province, Bulgaria
6.9km (4.3 miles) ā“˜Svishti Plaz Mine, Etropole Municipality, Sofia Province, Bulgaria
9.5km (5.9 miles) ā“˜Karlievo porphyry copper deposit, Karlievo, Zlatitsa Municipality, Sofia Province, Bulgaria
20.8km (12.9 miles) ā“˜Medet Mine, Panagyurishte, Panagyurishte Municipality, Pazardzhik Province, Bulgaria
24.1km (15.0 miles) ā“˜Assarel Mine, Panagyurishte, Panagyurishte Municipality, Pazardzhik Province, Bulgaria
24.7km (15.4 miles) ā“˜Orlovo Gnezdo deposit, Panagyurishte, Panagyurishte Municipality, Pazardzhik Province, Bulgaria
45.3km (28.1 miles) ā“˜Elshitsa mine, Elshitsa, Panagyurishte Municipality, Pazardzhik Province, Bulgaria
46.8km (29.1 miles) ā“˜Vlaykov Vruh Mine, Elshitsa, Panagyurishte Municipality, Pazardzhik Province, Bulgaria
References
Tarkian, Mahmud, HĆ¼nken, 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 Eletsiteā€“Chelopech Ore Field (Bulgaria) Minerals, 13 (5) 630 doi:10.3390/min13050630
 
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