Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Khakrez District, Kandahar, Afghanistan

mindat Locality ID: 226653
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-226653.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Khakrez District, Kandahar, Afghanistan": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Asad Kalay Fe Deposit (Kalai Assad; Ghala-i-Assad)
Asad Kalay Zn-Pb-Cd Deposit (Kalai Assad; Ghala-i-Assad)
Chenar Sn-Au-Cu Deposit (Chinar)
Ghbargay Cu-Bi-Sn Occurrence (Gbarghey; Ghbargei)
Tambil Fe Occurrence

Latitude: 32°9'53"N
Longitude: 65°36'10"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.164722222222,65.602777777778

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Ludwigite	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Rocksalt
Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Wollastonite

Bornite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Ludwigite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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 B C Ca Cu Fe Mg O Pb S Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Ludwigite None Pyrite Pyroxene Rocksalt
Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Wollastonite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	711	5516
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	711	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	709	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	709,710,711,712	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	712	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	712	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	709,710	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	711	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	708,713	14640
Ludwigite ()*	Ludwigite	Mg₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)	1	712	134
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	708,712,713	14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	709,710,712	39462
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	709	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	709,710	21482
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	710	1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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