Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ghorband District, Parwan, Afghanistan

mindat Locality ID: 226320
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-226320.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ghorband District, Parwan, Afghanistan": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Farahgerd Coal Mine (Faraghard)
Ferenjal (Farenjal)
Peranjal Baryte Deposit
Shahikhel Lignite Mine (Samykhel)
Unnamed Baryte Occurrence (1)
Unnamed Baryte Occurrence (2)
Unnamed Baryte Occurrence (3)
Usdurshar Salt Occurrence

Latitude: 35°1'22"N
Longitude: 68°45'9"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.022777777778,68.7525

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.

Baryte	Clay	Copper	Diaspore	Marcasite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Serpentine	Sphalerite	Talc

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: Au Ba Cl Fe H Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Clay Copper Diaspore Marcasite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Serpentine Sphalerite Talc

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Halite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	6	1030,1032,1033,1035,1036,1037	11547
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	1029	951
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	1030,1035	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	1031	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	1030	30554
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	1038	1398
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	1030	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	1030	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	1031	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	1030	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	1030	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	1029	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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