Assessment of the potential of the southern part of the Zidarovo ore field in southeast Bulgaria for prospecting of critical and strategic raw materials

The work is dedicated to analysing the relative abundance of chemical elements, defined as critical and strategic in recent EU documents, in an area with historical mining known as Zidarovo ore field, and located in Southeast Bulgaria. Fife samples of river sediments from the southern tributaries of...

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Main Authors: Ivanov Ivan, Sachkov Dimitar, Ruskov Kalin, Panayotova Marinela
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Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2025-01-01
Series:E3S Web of Conferences
Online Access:https://www.e3s-conferences.org/articles/e3sconf/pdf/2025/23/e3sconf_aees2025_02002.pdf
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description The work is dedicated to analysing the relative abundance of chemical elements, defined as critical and strategic in recent EU documents, in an area with historical mining known as Zidarovo ore field, and located in Southeast Bulgaria. Fife samples of river sediments from the southern tributaries of the River Fakiiska were studied in order to assess the geochemical potential of the upper cretaceous rocks in the catchments. Critical metals and metalloids have been identified, which are found in the studied area in concentrations higher than the corresponding Clarke number. The correlations of these companion elements with the possible main carrier metals have been studied and the presumed base metals - carriers revealed. The findings can be used as an initial step in creation of a complex geomorphological-geological model of the area, based on GIS.
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spelling doaj-art-01fa88678e034ee296128370219fe4fb2025-08-20T03:08:47ZengEDP SciencesE3S Web of Conferences2267-12422025-01-016230200210.1051/e3sconf/202562302002e3sconf_aees2025_02002Assessment of the potential of the southern part of the Zidarovo ore field in southeast Bulgaria for prospecting of critical and strategic raw materialsIvanov Ivan0Sachkov Dimitar1Ruskov Kalin2Panayotova Marinela3University of Mining and GeologyUniversity of Mining and GeologyUniversity of Mining and GeologyUniversity of Mining and GeologyThe work is dedicated to analysing the relative abundance of chemical elements, defined as critical and strategic in recent EU documents, in an area with historical mining known as Zidarovo ore field, and located in Southeast Bulgaria. Fife samples of river sediments from the southern tributaries of the River Fakiiska were studied in order to assess the geochemical potential of the upper cretaceous rocks in the catchments. Critical metals and metalloids have been identified, which are found in the studied area in concentrations higher than the corresponding Clarke number. The correlations of these companion elements with the possible main carrier metals have been studied and the presumed base metals - carriers revealed. The findings can be used as an initial step in creation of a complex geomorphological-geological model of the area, based on GIS.https://www.e3s-conferences.org/articles/e3sconf/pdf/2025/23/e3sconf_aees2025_02002.pdf
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Assessment of the potential of the southern part of the Zidarovo ore field in southeast Bulgaria for prospecting of critical and strategic raw materials
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title Assessment of the potential of the southern part of the Zidarovo ore field in southeast Bulgaria for prospecting of critical and strategic raw materials
title_full Assessment of the potential of the southern part of the Zidarovo ore field in southeast Bulgaria for prospecting of critical and strategic raw materials
title_fullStr Assessment of the potential of the southern part of the Zidarovo ore field in southeast Bulgaria for prospecting of critical and strategic raw materials
title_full_unstemmed Assessment of the potential of the southern part of the Zidarovo ore field in southeast Bulgaria for prospecting of critical and strategic raw materials
title_short Assessment of the potential of the southern part of the Zidarovo ore field in southeast Bulgaria for prospecting of critical and strategic raw materials
title_sort assessment of the potential of the southern part of the zidarovo ore field in southeast bulgaria for prospecting of critical and strategic raw materials
url https://www.e3s-conferences.org/articles/e3sconf/pdf/2025/23/e3sconf_aees2025_02002.pdf
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