Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Miyan Nasheen District (Miya Nishin District), Kandahar, Afghanistan

mindat Locality ID: 226868
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-226868.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Miyan Nasheen District (Miya Nishin District), Kandahar, Afghanistan": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Arghasu Cu-Au Occurrence
Bolo Cu Occurrence
Charsu Cu-Au Deposit
Kadilak Au Occurrence
Mine No. 7757
Outcrop No. 7273
Unnamed Cu Occurrence

Latitude: 32°9'29"N
Longitude: 66°10'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.158055555556,66.182222222222

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.

Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Malachite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	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: Au C Cu Fe H O Pb S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Covellite Malachite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rocksalt

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*

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	1	719	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	719,720	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	720	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	719,720,721,722,723	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	719	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	719	2970
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	720,721	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	719	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	720	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	718,719	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	718,719,720,723	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	721	9056

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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