Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Nesh District (Naish District), Kandahar, Afghanistan

mindat Locality ID: 226863
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-226863.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nesh District (Naish District), Kandahar, Afghanistan": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Aumiyt Fe Occurrence
Bakhud Mine
Borahgana (Boraghana; Baraghana)
Ghanigay Fluorite Occurrence (Ganighay)
Haji Alam Kalay Fe Deposit
Kand Village
Saraw Fluorite Occurrence
Surkhbed Ag-Pb-Zn-Cu Deposit (Surkheb)

Latitude: 32°23'22"N
Longitude: 65°47'37"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.389444444444,65.793611111111

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Fluorite	Malachite	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*

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: As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mo O Pb S Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Fluorite Malachite Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	733,734	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	726,733	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	733,734	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	729	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	734	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	725,726,728,729,734	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	731	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	5	726,730,732,733,734	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	726,729,733,734	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	725	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	725,731	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	733,734	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	726	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	725,726	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	729,730	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	726,733,734	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	726	1803

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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