Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ghor, Afghanistan

mindat Locality ID: 123207
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-123207.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ghor, Afghanistan": 70
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 58

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Chaghcharan District
Dawlat Yar District
Du Layna District
Lal Wa Sarjangal District
Pasaband District
Saghar District
Sharhrak District (Shahrak District)
Taywara District
Tulak District

Latitude: 34°5'43"N
Longitude: 64°38'54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.095277777778,64.648333333333

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.

Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Sulphur

Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Dickite ()*	Galena ()*
Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Sulphur ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg K Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Mica
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Sulphur

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	485	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	476	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	460,490	11547
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	2	470,521	843
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	460	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	458	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	9	458,460,470,490,505,519,520,521,523	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	17	479,480,482,483,484,485,486,495,506,507,508,509,510,511,512,513,514	2600
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3	486,506,509	651
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	20	455,458,460,465,466,467,470,473,490,491,492,498,502,505,516,519,520,521,522,523	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	469	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	2	493,494	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	461,463,468,475	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	476,523	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	455	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	458,461,485,505,521	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	521	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	11	455,460,490,500,501,502,509,516,519,520,523	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	1	485	712
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	15	455,458,460,465,466,467,470,490,491,492,498,505,516,519,521	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	517	2045

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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