Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Spera District, Khost, Afghanistan

mindat Locality ID: 226874
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-226874.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Spera District, Khost, Afghanistan": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Afdzalkhel
Kotgay
Ragay (Roghay)
Shadal (Shodal)
Spera Mine (Spira Mine)
Unnamed Cu Occurrence (1)
Unnamed Cu Occurrence (2)
Zanda Garay (Zanda Geray)

Latitude: 33°12'50"N
Longitude: 69°34'12"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.213888888889,69.57

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.

Allophane	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Malachite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Serpentine
Sphalerite	Spinel

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: Al C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Malachite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Serpentine
Sphalerite Spinel

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Chrysotile ()*
Galena ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	789	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	796	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	791	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	794	3531
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	791	951
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	792	24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	796	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	792,796	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	797	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	792	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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