Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Aynak Cu Deposit (Mes Aynak), Mohammad Agha District (Muhammad Agha District), Logar, Afghanistan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1000
Youngest recorded age at locality: 541

mindat Locality ID: 30621
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30621.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Aynak Cu Deposit (Mes Aynak), Mohammad Agha District (Muhammad Agha District), Logar, Afghanistan": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Aynak Central Prospect
Aynak South Prospect
Aynak West Prospect

Latitude: 34°15'57"N
Longitude: 69°18'1"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.265833333333,69.300277777778

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.

Allophane	Brochantite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Covellite	Feldspar	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite
Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Skutterudite	Sphalerite	Spinel

Albite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Linnaeite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Skutterudite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Violarite ()*

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 As Co Cu Fe H Na Ni O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Brochantite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Copper Covellite Feldspar Nickeline None Pentlandite
Perovskite Pyrite Quartz Skutterudite Sphalerite Spinel

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1000	541	1	861	8803
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	570	570	2	860,862	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	570	570	1	860	1633
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	570	570	1	860	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	570	570	1	860	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	570	570	2	860,862	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	570	570	1	860	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	570	570	0		3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	570	570	1	860	4165
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	1000	541	2	860,862	249
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1000	541	1	860	14899
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1000	541	2	860,862	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1000	541	2	860,862	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1000	541	1	860	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1000	541	1	861	61156
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	1000	541	2	860,862	531
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1000	541	2	860,862	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	570	570	1	860	1101
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	1000	541	2	860,862	380

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Kristen002134	1000	541	Neoproterozoic											30621	Aynak Cu Deposit (Mes Aynak), Mohammad Agha District (Muhammad Agha District), Logar, Afghanistan	Aynak Copper Deposit	Ludington et al. (2007)		USGS2007-1005
	sedcu-00008	570	570	Vendian-Cambrian										Cu	30621	Aynak Cu Deposit (Mes Aynak), Mohammad Agha District (Muhammad Agha District), Logar, Afghanistan	Aynak	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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