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Locality Name:
Wardak, Afghanistan

mindat Locality ID: 12359
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-12359.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wardak, Afghanistan": 33
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 26

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Hisa-i-Awali Bihsud District
Jaghatu District
Jalrez District
Markazi Bihsud District
Maydan Shahr District
Nirkh District
Saydabad District (Sayd Abad District)

Latitude: 34°15'36"N
Longitude: 68°26'28"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.26,68.441111111111

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Baryte	Beryl	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite
None	Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite	Sodalite	Spinel	Talc

Albite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Sodalite ()*	Talc ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al Ba Be C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si Sn Ti W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Beryl Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Feldspar Malachite Mica Molybdenite
None Quartz Rutile Scheelite Sodalite Spinel Talc

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	1125	8803
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	1108,1113,1115	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	1130	4286
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2	1124,1125	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	1128	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2	1133,1134	3902
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	1110,1116	9895
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	5	1109,1111,1112,1114,1116	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	1125	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	6	1109,1111,1112,1114,1116,1126	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	1128	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	1132	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	5	1116,1118,1122,1125,1132	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	1116,1125,1128	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	1138	4894
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	1	1132	444
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	1136	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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