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Locality Name:
Chahar Asyab District, Kabul, Afghanistan


mindat Locality ID: 226903
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-226903.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chahar Asyab District, Kabul, Afghanistan": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Lalandar Talc Deposit (Landar)
Mamadugha
Sultan Padshah
Unnamed Cu Occurrence (1)
Unnamed Cu Occurrence (2)
Unnamed Cu Occurrence (3)
Werek Cr Occurrence

Latitude: 34°23'21"N
Longitude: 69°4'6"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.389166666667,69.068333333333

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: C Cr Cu Fe H Mg O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteClayCovelliteMalachiteNoneQuartzSpinelTalc

7 IMA Minerals at location:
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Covellite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Talc  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS24617,618,619,62027198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O416213902
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS16174165
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)16151487
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23617,618,61912537
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23617,619,62061156
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)216143337



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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