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Locality Name:
Khaki Jabar District (Khaki Jabbar District), Kabul, Afghanistan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 570
Youngest recorded age at locality: 570

mindat Locality ID: 226902
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-226902.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Khaki Jabar District (Khaki Jabbar District), Kabul, Afghanistan": 34
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 29

Number of Child Localities: 19
Child Localities:
Baghgay Cu Occurrence (Barkhei)
Bay Khel Cu Deposit (Batkhel)
Chakari Cu Occurrence (Charari)
Charwazi Cu Occurrences (Gharwazi)
Darband Cu Deposit
Dawran Khel Cu Occurrence (Dawrankhel)
Ghozgay (Ghezgay; Gezghay)
Jango Zay Cu Deposit (Janguzay)
Jawhar Cu Deposit (Jawkhar)
Kharoti Cu Occurrences (Kharuti)
Khurd Kabul Cu Deposit
Lalmi-Tanghi Cu Occurrence
Mirza Khan Cu Occurrence (Mirzakhan)
Palanghar Cu Occurrence
Rajan Cu Occurrence
Shinwar Cu Occurrence
Taghar Cu Deposit
Umar Cu Occurrence
Unnamed Cu Occurrence

Latitude: 34°20'2"N
Longitude: 69°23'43"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.333888888889,69.395277777778

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Cu Fe H O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneChalcopyriteCorundumCovelliteMalachiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteRocksalt
SphaleriteSpinel

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Galena  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)25705703632,648,6615509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS45705706632,642,651,659,661,6625516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S5705708632,635,645,651,655,659,661,6625707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS25705708633,634,642,651,655,659,661,66227198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O2645,6623531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS5705708632,634,635,645,651,655,661,6624165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O57057016512970
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS165924243
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O357057016515433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4570570165114899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)257057011632,633,634,635,648,649,651,659,660,661,66312537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS25705702642,65139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S857057016519056
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS570570165121482



4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedcu-00007570570Vendian-Cambrian       Cu226441Darband Cu Deposit, Khaki Jabar District (Khaki Jabbar District), Kabul, AfghanistanDarbandCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 
sedcu-00006570570Vendian-Cambrian       Cu226501Jawhar Cu Deposit (Jawkhar), Khaki Jabar District (Khaki Jabbar District), Kabul, AfghanistanJawkharCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 
sedcu-00004570570Vendian-Cambrian       Cu226470Khurd Kabul Cu Deposit, Khaki Jabar District (Khaki Jabbar District), Kabul, AfghanistanKhurdkabulCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 
sedcu-00002570570Vendian-Cambrian       Cu226488Taghar Cu Deposit, Khaki Jabar District (Khaki Jabbar District), Kabul, AfghanistanTagharCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 


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