Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Qarabagh District, Ghazni, Afghanistan

mindat Locality ID: 226936
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-226936.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Qarabagh District, Ghazni, Afghanistan": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Lar Fe Deposit
Tamaki Au-Pb-Zn Occurrence
Unnamed Cu-Pb-Zn Occurrence (1)
Unnamed Cu-Pb-Zn Occurrence (2)
Zarkashan Mt (Zarkishen; Zerkishen)

Latitude: 33°9'57"N
Longitude: 67°46'31"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.165833333333,67.775277777778

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	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Malachite	Mica	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite

Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Copper ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Malachite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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 Au C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Malachite Mica None
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Vesuvianite Wollastonite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	452	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	451	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	452	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	447,448,449,452	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	451	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	451	3846
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	447,448,449	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	451	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	451,452	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	446	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	452	12537
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	452	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	448,452	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	451	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	447,448,449,452	21482
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	452	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	452	1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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