Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Zinda Jan District (Zindajan District), Herat, Afghanistan

mindat Locality ID: 123208
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-123208.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zinda Jan District (Zindajan District), Herat, Afghanistan": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Char Golang Mine (Cherulang Mine)
Sang-i-Law Mine (Sang-i-Lan Mine; Sangilan Mine; Sangilyn Mine)
Zinda Jan Baryte Occurrence (Zindajan; Zandadshon)

Latitude: 34°35'48"N
Longitude: 61°59'16"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.596666666667,61.987777777778

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Gypsum	Malachite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt

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: Ba C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Gypsum Malachite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*
Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Witherite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	604,605	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	604,605	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	604	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	604	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	603	6890
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	604	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	604	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	604	61156
Witherite ()*	Aragonite	Ba(CO₃)	1	604	251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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