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:
Kukh-i-Lal (Kukhilal; Kuhi-lal), Ishkashim District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1890
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID:
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Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kukh-i-Lal (Kukhilal; Kuhi-lal), Ishkashim District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 251
Child Localities:
Gem Spinel Deposit
Kalahari Desert
Lake Tanganyika
Pampa Del Infierno Meteorite
La Esperanza Deposit
Patagonia
Kajaran Mine (Kadzharan Mine; Kadzharan Molybdenum Deposit)
Brindabella Mtn
Reid Rocks
Florentine Valley
Cap Guyton
Marys Island
Moorina
Weld River
Poatina Tunnel
White Hills
Austral Bricks Clay Pit
Guilford
Hellyer River Bridge
Panton Mine
Herzogenburg
Pyhra
Railway Station
Caucasus Mts
Maya Mts
West Buckland
High Down Or Heddon Quarry
Madan Ore Field
Gradishte Mine
Rhodope Mts
Vancouver Island
Cape Bathurst
Horton River Mouth
The Smoking Hills
Kyzylkum Desert
Silesia
Sudetes Mountains (Sudeten; Sudety)
East Sudetes Mountains
Krkonoše Massif (Krkonoše Mountains; Karkonosze Massif; Karkonosze Mountains; Riesengebirge Mountains; Riesageberge Mountains)
Mid Sudetes Mountains
Pomezní Ridge
Funda Biabo
Kakanda Deposit
Shangulowé Mine
Yambo Meteorite
Valkeala Meteorite
Paukkajanvaara Mine
Lieksa Meteorite
Kurula
Rauhala Deposit
Lappajärvi Meteorite Crater
Vittinki Mn-Fe Formation
Laukunkangas Ni-Cu-mine
Aitolampi Graphite Prospect
Karelian-Kola Alkaline Ultramafic And Carbonatitic Province
Wyborg Batholith
Loire River Alluvials
Nußloch
Wiesloch
Göschweiler
Unterschneidheim
Mühlhausen
Arzberg
Oschwitz
Röthenbach
Lichtenberg
Lichtenberg Copper Mines
Friedrich Wilhelm Mine
Wintershall Potash Works
Southern Lava Flow
Mayener Feld
Seekante
Isenburg
Hausenborn Mine
Altenberg
Bahretal
Erzgebirge / Krusné Hory Mts (Ore Mts)
Eifel Mountains
Elbe Sandstone Mountains (Saxon Switzerland; Bohemian Switzerland)
Fichtel Mountains
Oberlausitz
Unnamed Mn Deposit
Sakur (Shakur; Chakur; Sakhur)
Unnamed Prosects (Sharosh Village)
Sacrofano Caldera
Mt Cavalluccio
Germanasca Valley
Prali
Fontane Mine
Erla Mine
Mt Takanawa (Takanawa-yama)
Nomura Mine (Nomura-Maruno Mine)
Higashi-Akaishi Dunite
Imabari City
Matsuyama City
Seiyo City
Nomura
Miyoshino Mine
Kawasaki
Masaki (Mazaki)
Bishamondake
Daisen
Imayama
Kanetake-mura
Kitakyushu City
Moji
Munakata
Tagawa-gun
Yanagigaura
Moji Mine
Kitatosawa
Shiodaira
Kamaishi City
Hongo Mine (Hongou Mine)
Hikone City
Nagahama City
Otsu City
Shiga-gun
Takashima City
Ou'hori Mine (Obori Mine; Ohorimangan Mine)
Tsuchikura Mine
Ishiyamadera
Ozekigoe
Tanakami-yama (Tanokami-yama)
Suishodani
Takashima Mine
Yamasaki-Hyakuzan-Matsumoto Mine
Iwade City
Kazakh Steppes (Kirghiz Steppes; Great Dala)
Moonam
Namjoo-ri
Seongjin
Taejeon-ri
Tomack-dong
Wulcheon-ri
Lake Malawi
Rancho San Felipe
Mineral De Pozos
San Luis De La Paz
Cinco Señores Mine
Escondida Mine
Garibaldi Mine
Cerro De Las Beatas
Rancho El Rodeo
Haminón Mine
Atlas Mountains
Sahara Desert
Rocky Mountains
Sonoran Desert
Vaddas-Rieppe Ore Field
Moskodalen Mine
Mungo (Munyo; Mango)
Pasco Province
Huayllay District
Chalhuacocha
Chungar Mining District
Huaron Mining District
Konrad Cu-mine
Kopki Hill
Klärner Mine
Książek Quarry
Wacław Mine
Ludwikowice Kłodzkie Heap
Limestone Quarry
Miedzianka Field (Middle Field)
Segen Gottes Mine
Weissen Shaft
Głogów Głęboki-Przemysłowy Mine
Chwalisław
Zloty Stok
Old Marble Quarry
Szlakowa Dolina (Schlakental)
Wąwóz Kłodzki (Kłodzki Gorge)
Ulica Złota (Gold Street)
Gold Mine
Grodziszcze
Friedrich Von Thielau Mine
Fregata Outcrop
Michael Mine
Zagórze Śląskie Dam Pegmatite Occurrence
Lena Cu-mine
ROW Ruch Rydułtowy Mine
Rydułtowy Heap ("Szarlota" Heap)
Pokrovskaya Vein
Onotsky Talc Mine
Gornozavodskii Area
Kama River
Motovilikha District
Okhansk
Orda
Palygorskaya Distance Of Perm Railways
Perm'
Shubino Gypsum Quarry
Verkhne-Chusovskie Gorodki
Voskresenskii Cu Mine (Woskressensk)
Board Of The Volga
Malyshevskoe Deposit (Mariinskoe Deposit)
Nevyansk
Mramorskii Zavod (Mramorsk Zavod)
Byn'govsk Au-Te Deposit
Central Urals
Jubileynoe Deposit
Southern Urals
Subarctic Urals
Rohožník Quarry
Bystrý Potok
Malá Hekerová (Heckerová) Hill
Dobrá Nádej (Joremény Adit)
Artúr Vein
Bernardi Vein
Sadlovský Vein
Štefan Vein
Concession Beltraneja
Union Shaft
San Andrés Quarry
Peñas Arriba Peñas Abajo Quarry
Canton Del Pandiu Mine
Valle Mine
Kroppa
Hornkull Silver Mines (Hornkullen)
Callington And Tavistock Mining District
Yastrebets Massif (Yastrebets'kiy; Yastrubetsky)
Chicago Creek Coal Mine
Adamana
M. Young Et Al Prospects (Young-Owens-Skeldon-Hunt Prospects)
Unspecified Lechatelierite Occurrence
Unspecified Lechatelierite Occurrence
Cemitosa Prospect
Apache; Navajo And San Juan Cos.
Colorado Plateau
Hopi-Navajo Indian Reservations
Monument Valley
Jacumba District
Death Valley National Park
Boston Sunday Mine
Jack Pot Mine
K.D. Pocket
Ohio Mine
Portland Mine
Green River Formation
Illinois-Kentucky Fluorspar District
Petty Creek
Deep Creek Range
Great Salt Lake Desert
Vic 10 Claim
Small Fry Prospect (Small Fry No. 1 And 2)
Shiprock Diatreme
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Dinosaur National Monument
Arizona/Sonora
San Pedro River Valley

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 B C Ca F Fe H Mg Na Nb O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteBerylCalciteColumbiteCorundumFeldsparHumiteHydrotalciteNickelineNone
PyroxeneQuartzRutileSpinelTourmaline

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Calcite  (*)Clinohumite  (*)Columbite-(Mg)  (*)
Cordierite  (*)Corundum  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dravite  (*)
Graphite  (*)Hydrotalcite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Spinel  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1468803
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51461310
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14527770
Clinohumite  (*)HumiteMg9(SiO4)4F2245,46236
Columbite-(Mg)  (*)ColumbiteMgNb2O61468
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O181461008
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O31451797
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61454135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21469895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)146648
Graphite  (*)NoneC1452812
Hydrotalcite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Al2CO3(OH)16(H2O)414587
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81459056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2245,4661156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2245,465614
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O4245,461934


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_636Stratabound PGEs-Ni-Cu sulfides in mafic-ultramafic intrusion
Mo-00008on border of Germany and Czech Republic
Giersdorf_00000651The Val Daone Conglomerate is a mid-Permian unit that runs through much of the south-central Alpine region. Some localities possess trace amounts of U and Cu.
Michelle_597After the death of a saguaro, a series of minerals crystallize in the rotting flesh.


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R140338Kakanda Deposit, Kambove District, Lualaba, DR Congohttps://rruff.info/R140338
R060317Shangulowé Mine, Kambove District, Lualaba, DR Congohttps://rruff.info/R060317
R141068Seekante, Mayener Feld, Southern Lava Flow, Bellerberg Volcano, Mayen, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germanyhttps://rruff.info/R141068
R141068Seekante, Mayener Feld, Southern Lava Flow, Bellerberg Volcano, Mayen, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germanyhttps://rruff.info/R141068
R141068Seekante, Mayener Feld, Southern Lava Flow, Bellerberg Volcano, Mayen, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germanyhttps://rruff.info/R141068
R060313Eifel Mountains, Germany/Belgiumhttps://rruff.info/R060313
R070686Fichtel Mountains, Germany/Czech Republichttps://rruff.info/R070686
R070560Mt Cavalluccio, Sacrofano Caldera, Campagnano, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italyhttps://rruff.info/R070560
R070078Mt Cavalluccio, Sacrofano Caldera, Campagnano, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italyhttps://rruff.info/R070078
R130097Mt Cavalluccio, Sacrofano Caldera, Campagnano, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italyhttps://rruff.info/R130097
R070560Mt Cavalluccio, Sacrofano Caldera, Campagnano, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italyhttps://rruff.info/R070560
R070078Mt Cavalluccio, Sacrofano Caldera, Campagnano, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italyhttps://rruff.info/R070078
R130097Mt Cavalluccio, Sacrofano Caldera, Campagnano, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italyhttps://rruff.info/R130097
R070247Huaron Mining District, Huayllay District, Pasco Province, Pasco Department, Peruhttps://rruff.info/R070247
R070247Huaron Mining District, Huayllay District, Pasco Province, Pasco Department, Peruhttps://rruff.info/R070247
R070247Huaron Mining District, Huayllay District, Pasco Province, Pasco Department, Peruhttps://rruff.info/R070247
R070109Saranovskaya Village (Sarany), Gornozavodskii Area, Permskaya Oblast, Russiahttps://rruff.info/R070109
FKM-149Saranovskii Mine (Saranovskoe), Saranovskaya Village (Sarany), Gornozavodskii Area, Permskaya Oblast, Russiahttps://www.rockptx.com/fkm-151-to-fkm-175/#FKM-149
FKM-215Saranovskii Mine (Saranovskoe), Saranovskaya Village (Sarany), Gornozavodskii Area, Permskaya Oblast, Russiahttps://www.rockptx.com/fkm-201-to-fkm-225/#FKM-215
R070132Saranovskii Mine (Saranovskoe), Saranovskaya Village (Sarany), Gornozavodskii Area, Permskaya Oblast, Russiahttps://rruff.info/R070132
R070116Saranovskii Mine (Saranovskoe), Saranovskaya Village (Sarany), Gornozavodskii Area, Permskaya Oblast, Russiahttps://rruff.info/R070116
R060477Saranovskii Mine (Saranovskoe), Saranovskaya Village (Sarany), Gornozavodskii Area, Permskaya Oblast, Russiahttps://rruff.info/R060477
R070135Bikkulovskoe Deposit, Southern Urals, Urals Region, Russiahttps://rruff.info/R070135
R050216Monument Valley, Arizona/Utah, USAhttps://rruff.info/R050216

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