 | Cioacă, Mihaela-Elena, Munteanu, Marian, Lynch, Edward P., Arvanitidis, Nikolaos, Bergqvist, Mikael, Costin, Gelu, Ivanov, Desislav, Milu, Viorica, Arvidsson, Ronald, Iorga-Pavel, Adina, Högdahl, Karin, Stoilov, Ventsislav (2020) Mineralogical Setting of Precious Metals at the Assarel Porphyry Copper-Gold Deposit, Bulgaria, as Supporting Information for the Development of New Drill Core 3D XCT-XRF Scanning Technology. Minerals, 10 (11) 946 doi:10.3390/min10110946 | 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...Ag-Te-S-Se minerals; hydrothermal metallogeny; Assarel; X-MINE 1. Introduction Porphyry-type deposits are the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Elshitsa massive sulphide deposit, Sredna Gora zone, Bulgaria Received: 4 December 1995 / Accepted: 23 September...central part of the Srena Gora metallogenic zone in Bulgaria. The gold-bearing massive sulphide mineralization...as a rule is less than 1 g/t. Native gold and electrum occur as blebs or intergranular particles in the...a result of these process the native gold and electrum grain size increases from submicroscopic (< 0...lm) in the late gold-sulphide assemblages. The electrum fineness in 41 individually studied grains varies |  | | 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], |  | Kouzmanov, Kalin, Moritz, Robert, von Quadt, Albrecht, Chiaradia, Massimo, Peytcheva, Irena, Fontignie, Denis, Ramboz, Claire, Bogdanov, Kamen (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 (6) 611-646 doi:10.1007/s00126-009-0239-1 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | association in the Southern Panagyurishte District, Bulgaria: the paired Vlaykov Vruh and Elshitsa deposits...Panagyurishte magmato-tectonic corridor of central Bulgaria. The deposits were formed along the SW flank ...Mineralogy and Crystallography, BAS, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria K. Bogdanov Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”...Ohridski”, 15 Tsar Osvoboditel Bd., 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria of the Elshitsa volcano-intrusive complex and are spatially...part of the Panagyurishte district (Chelopech, Elatsite, Assarel). Magma chemistry and isotopic signature |  | | 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, Sofia 1700, Bulgaria E-mail: sbs@staff.mgu.bg R. Petrunov (&) Æ M. Kanazirski...Geology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia 1113, Bulgaria E-mail: petrunov@geology.bas.bg E-mail: milko@geology |  | Stefanova, E., Driesner, T., Zajacz, Z., Heinrich, C. A., Petrov, P., Vasilev, Z. (2014) Melt and Fluid Inclusions in Hydrothermal Veins: The Magmatic to Hydrothermal Evolution of the Elatsite Porphyry Cu-Au Deposit, Bulgaria. Economic Geology, 109 (5) 1359-1381 doi:10.2113/econgeo.109.5.1359 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Hydrothermal Evolution of the Elatsite Porphyry Cu-Au Deposit, Bulgaria* Elitsa Stefanova,1,†,** Thomas...1 Paraskev Petrov,2 and Zlati Vasilev3 1 ETH 2 Sofia Zurich, Department of Earth Sciences, Clausiusstrasse...blvd., 1504 Sofia, Bulgaria 3 Ellatzite-Med AD, Geology Department, 2086 Mirkovo, Bulgaria Abstract The...hydrothermal transition in the Late Cretaceous Elatsite porphyry Cu-Au-(Mo-platinum group element) deposit...fluids responsible for the Cu-Au mineralization at Elatsite. Melt-fluid-metal separation processes recorded |  | | 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...marcasite, pyrrhotite, galena, clausthalite, gold, electrum, hessite, naumannite, merenskyite (Figs. 3 and |  | | 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...tetrahedrite– tennantite, clausthalite–galena, gold–electrum and merenskyite–moncheite. Precious-metal contents...g/t respectively. The copper mineralisation at Elatsite took place at pressures of 120 to 300 bar, corresponding...Tokmakchieva University of Mining and Geology, Sofia, Bulgaria K. Bogdanov Department of Mineralogy, Petrology |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | carrollite, wittichenite, galena, mawsonite, silver and electrum. Chalcopyrite hosts cobalt pentlandite, carrollite...magnetite-bornite core of the Elatsite porphyry-Cu deposit (Panagyurishte, Bulgaria; Petrunov et al., 1992)...contact of intrusive with limestone, observable in the mine from just below the Ursoanea access gallery down...exception of the occurrence in the Magnet open pit mine. Garnet (and75gr25), the dominant constituent of...R B A RD A IA V SE AN YUG BOSN Danube Sofia BULGARIA Balkan Mts. Black Sea arpat South C B AL |  | McFall, Katie A., Naden, Jonathan, Roberts, Stephen, Baker, Tim, Spratt, John, McDonald, Iain (2018) Platinum-group minerals in the Skouries Cu-Au (Pd, Pt, Te) porphyry deposit. Ore Geology Reviews, 99. 344-364 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2018.06.014 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (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...bearing. Detailed studies established that at Elatsite the PGE are hosted in merenskyite [(Pd,Pt)(Te...magnetite-chalcopyrite-bornite stage of the deposit. Elatsite also contains other tellurides, including Ag tellurides |  | Bonev, Ivan K., Kerestedjian, Thomas, Atanassova, Radostina, Andrew, Colin J. (2002) Morphogenesis and composition of native gold in the Chelopech volcanic-hosted Au–Cu epithermal deposit, Srednogorie zone, Bulgaria. Mineralium Deposita, 37 (6) 614-629 doi:10.1007/s00126-002-0273-8 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | volcanic-hosted Au–Cu epithermal deposit, Srednogorie zone, Bulgaria Received: 18 December 2000 / Accepted: 20 November...high-sulphidation volcanic-hosted epithermal Au–Cu deposit (Bulgaria). The ore consists of pyrite, chalcedonic silica...Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria E-mail: bonev@geology.bas.bg C.J. Andrew Navan...deposit from the Srednogorie metallogenic zone in Bulgaria. The study was undertaken to obtain information...and economically most important ore deposits in Bulgaria, and is Europe’s largest currently mined gold |  | Sabeva, Ralica, Mladenova, Vassilka, Mogessie, Aberra (2017) Ore petrology, hydrothermal alteration, fluid inclusions, and sulfur stable isotopes of the Milin Kamak intermediate sulfidation epithermal Au-Ag deposit in Western Srednogorie, Bulgaria. Ore Geology Reviews, 88. 400-415 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2017.05.013 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | epithermal Au-Ag deposit in Western Srednogorie, Bulgaria Ralica Sabeva, Vassilka Mladenova, Aberra Mogessie...epithermal Au-Ag deposit in Western Srednogorie, Bulgaria, Ore Geology Reviews (2017), doi: http://dx.doi...Srednogorie, Bulgaria Ralica Sabeva 1, Vassilka Mladenova1, Aberra Mogessie2 1 2 Sofia University, FGG...FGG, 1504 Sofia, Bulgaria; E-mail: rsabeva@gea.uni-sofia.bg Institute of Earth Sciences, University of...located in western Srednogorie 50 km west of Sofia, Bulgaria. This zone belongs to the Late Cretaceous |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Morii, Roşia Poieni), outcrops (Colnic), and from mine dumps (Bucium-Tarnita, Rovina). Samples from Bolcana...(argillic alteration zone), +150 adit, and from a mine dump. Most samples were taken from the potassic...galena (at Colnic, Valea Morii and Bolcana) and electrum (at Colnic) (Fig. 4E-H). (Fig. 4G). AC In one... empressite, petzite, sylvanite, cervelleite, electrum and coloradoite. 6.1 Trace elements in bulk rock...chalcopyrite (e.g., sample COL01, Fig. 2E) and electrum included in pyrite (sample COL04, Fig. 4E), respectively |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | stockwork of quartz–chalcopyrite–bornite–magnetite– electrum veins with a local grade of 0.87% Cu and 0.49...and quartz-pyrite (± magnetite, chalcopyrite, electrum) vein stages. Both the andesite and gneiss exhibit...(87–88 Ma) centers in the Panagyurishte district, Bulgaria (Fig. 1a). However, Von Quadt et al. (2002) have...earlyand late-mineralization dykes in the nearby Elatsite porphyry Cu-Au center, and the K-Ar dates may...the Alpine-Balkan-Carpathian-Dinaride geodynamic province. Miner Deposita 37 (6–7):533–540 Herrington RJ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Olympic Dam, Prominent Hill and others in the Gawler Province of South Australia (e.g., Skirrow et al., 2002;...distributions have potential as vectors to assist in mine-scale exploration. Understanding how supergene processes...systems (Type-A) The Late Proterozoic Sveconorwegian province hosts numerous small but often rich vein-type...Intermediate-sulphidation epithermal Cu–Au deposit Radka Gawler Province, South Australia Olympic Dam Iron-oxide – Cu –...(2011) 6473–6496 Panagyurishte District (Bulgaria) Elatsite Porphyry Cu–Au Table 1 (continued) Locality |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | tellurides which, in addition to native gold and electrum, represent major carriers of precious metals in...unnamed Ag-sulfotelluride, native tellurium and electrum are abundant in intermediate sulfidation quartz-carbonate... rocks of the Oligocene-Miocene Greek Rhodope province (Fig. 1) (Dimou et al., 1994; Voudouris and Arikas...and Alfieris, 2004). Tellurides and native gold=electrum occur throughout epithermal high-intermediate...deposits Ore deposits in northeastern Greece (Rhodope province and Limnos Island) were formed during the final |  | Plotinskaya, Olga Y., Azovskova, Oksana B., Abramov, Sergei S., Groznova, Elena O., Novoselov, Konstantin A., Seltmann, Reimar, Spratt, John (2018) Precious metals assemblages at the Mikheevskoe porphyry copper deposit (South Urals, Russia) as proxies of epithermal overprinting. Ore Geology Reviews, 94. 239-260 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2018.01.025 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ores includes native gold (fineness 863-873), electrum 21 (fineness 593-672), galena, hessite, coloradoite...hosting bornite (Table 1, analysis 1 and 2). In electrum, associated with petzite, the Ag 173 content...which 196 contains tenths wt.% of Se (Table 2). Electrum was observed exclusively in bornite as worm-like...fahlore, galena, and sphalerite (Fig. 8b-g). 204 Electrum forms micron-scale stringers in arsenopyrite near...8b) or fahlore (Fig. 8g-i). Silver contents in electrum associated with fahlore make up 11 to 206 28 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Greece, Bulgaria, and Turkey, commenced during the Jurassic through...Chelopech high-sulfidation epithermal deposit in Bulgaria. The Cretaceous belt continues to attract exploration...porphyry–high-sulfidation epithermal districts in Serbia and Bulgaria, with the remainder in the Pontides of Turkey...(Fig. 2), with the deposits in Panagyurishte, Bulgaria, forming in a narrow period between 89 and 92...Majdanpek Mine Serbia 1,000.0 0.35 0.60 10.89 6,000,000 Porphyry Bor Group Mine Serbia 800 |  | | Report (volume) | | The Elatsite porphyry copper deposit in the Panagyurishte ore district, Srednogorie zone, Bulgaria: U-Pb...base-precious metal ore district, eastern Rhodopes, Bulgaria 137 KROHE, A. & MPOSKOS, E. Multiple generations...dykes bracketing the time of formation of the Elatsite porphyry Cu-Au deposit to demonstrate that the...Madjarovo volcanic complex and ore district in Bulgaria began at 32.7 Ma and finished by 32.2 Ma, at which...Belt of Southwest Iberia, set within the larger province of the western Variscides. Tornos et al. show |  | Pašava, Jan, Vymazalová, Anna, Košler, Jan, Koneev, Rustam I., Jukov, Alexander V., Khalmatov, Rustam A. (2010) Platinum-group elements in ores from the Kalmakyr porphyry Cu–Au–Mo deposit, Uzbekistan: bulk geochemical and laser ablation ICP-MS data. Mineralium Deposita, 45 (5) 411-418 doi:10.1007/s00126-010-0286-7 | 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)...include chalcopyrite, bornite, molybdenite, pyrite, electrum, magnetite, hematite, minor base metal sulfides...chalcopyrite, tetrahedrite, pyrite, gold, and electrum (Table 1). 1.7 13 7.4 11.2 S wt.% Fe wt.% |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | component in natural galena. As with other sulfides, electrum inclusions will be more widespread if Au is also...5984B C2a type (Py earlier than BMS) 5990 C1 Elatsite, Bulgaria Various assemblages Dragov and Petrunov (1996)...or replacementtype (Py earlier than BMS) Elatsite, Bulgaria Porphyry Cu Sullivan, Canada Giant SEDEX...(Kochbulak, Uzbekistan), and SE Europe (Romania and Bulgaria), with ages ranging in age from Paleozoic to Neogene...orepipes (Kochbulak), or porphyry Cu-Au stocks (Elatsite, Bulgaria). Galena was also sampled from a magmatic-hydrothermal |  | Serafimovski, Todor, Tasev, Goran, Strmić Palinkaš, Sabina, Palinkaš, Ladislav A., Gjorgjiev, Lazar (2016) Porphyry Cu mineralizations related with the small Tertiary volcanic intrusions in the Bučim ore deposit, Eastern Macedonia. Geologia Croatica, 69 (1) 101-119 doi:10.4154/gc.2016.09 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Added minerals such as calaverite, krennerite, electrum, petzite and bismuth±selenium minerals (bismuthinite...and uneconomic ore mineralization. Although the mine at Bučim has been known since ancient times, it...1979. The annual exploitation capability of the mine is 4 Mt of ore. At present, ore with 0.21 % Cu,...at Bor in Serbia and Pirdop in Bulgaria. At the moment, the Bučim Mine is owned by the Solway Investment...smallest deposit of this type currently operated as a mine. The successful mining of this deposit for many |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Romania, Serbia and Bulgaria, (up to 4 ppm in in high grade ores) from the 82 Elatsite deposit (Augé et... 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...heterogeneous Os isotopic composition at Cuba, Bulgaria (Rhodope massif), China and 363 everywhere suggest...metamorphosed chromitites of Central Rhodope peridotite (Bulgaria) (González-Jiménez et al., 369 2011, 2013, 2014) |  | Nikolaev, Yu. N., Baksheev, I. A., Prokofiev, V. Yu., Nagornaya, E. V., Marushchenko, L. I., Sidorina, Yu. N., Chitalin, A. F., Kal’ko, I. A. (2016) Gold–Silver mineralization in porphyry–epithermal systems of the Baimka trend, western Chukchi Peninsula, Russia. Geology of Ore Deposits, 58 (4) 284-307 doi:10.1134/s107570151604005x | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | tennantite-tetrahedrite) with low-fineness native gold, electrum, acanthite, Ag and Au–Ag tellurides, and Ag sulfosalts...Pd contents (Santo Tomas II, Philippines; Elatsite, Bulgaria; Bozshakol, Kazakhstan; Kalmakyr, Uzbekistan)...tennantite-tetrahedrite) assemblage with low-fineness gold, electrum, Ag and Au–Ag tellurides, acanthite, and Ag sulfosalts...carbonates. Native gold (fineness 756–857) and electrum (657– 743) 2 to 30 μm in size are enclosed in...medium-fineness (868–878), and low-fineness and electrum (657– 857). The literature data show that the |  | Wang, Qingfei, Zhao, Hesen, Groves, David I., Deng, Jun, Zhang, Qiwei, Xue, Shengchao (2020) The Jurassic Danba hypozonal orogenic gold deposit, western China: indirect derivation from fertile mantle lithosphere metasomatized during Neoproterozoic subduction. Mineralium Deposita, 55 (2) 309-324 doi:10.1007/s00126-019-00928-x | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | widely postulated for the Cretaceous Jiaodong gold province, in the North China Craton, where gold mineralization... chalcopyrite, sphalerite, and trace gold and electrum (Fig. 4d). The late ore stage is characterized...(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 |
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