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Locality Name:
Aynak Central Prospect, 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: 30622
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30622.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Aynak Central Prospect, Aynak Cu Deposit (Mes Aynak), Mohammad Agha District (Muhammad Agha District), Logar, Afghanistan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 34°15'58"N
Longitude: 69°18'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.266111111111,69.300555555556
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ni O S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Co Cu Fe H Ni O S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneBrochantiteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteCovelliteNickelineNonePentlanditePerovskitePyrite
SkutteruditeSphaleriteSpinel

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Covellite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Violarite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS457057005516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)657057001633
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O5705700925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S57057005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2570570027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O57057003531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS57057004165
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S410005410249
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O41000541014899
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8100054101512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21000541039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8100054109056
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs310005410531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1000541021482
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO57057001101
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S410005410380


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Kristen0021341000541Neoproterozoic     Yes  30621Aynak Cu Deposit (Mes Aynak), Mohammad Agha District (Muhammad Agha District), Logar, AfghanistanAynak Copper DepositLudington et al. (2007) USGS2007-1005 
sedcu-00008570570Vendian-Cambrian     Yes Cu30621Aynak Cu Deposit (Mes Aynak), Mohammad Agha District (Muhammad Agha District), Logar, AfghanistanAynakCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 

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