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Locality Name:
Arghandab District, Zabul, Afghanistan


mindat Locality ID: 227085
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-227085.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Arghandab District, Zabul, Afghanistan": 21
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 21
Child Localities:
Khakriz-Dahla Pb-Zn Occurrence
Kharnay W-Be Occurrence
Tangha Au-Cu Occurrence
Tanghi Bauxite Deposit (Tangi)
Unnamed Au Occurrence (1)
Unnamed Au Occurrence (2)
Unnamed Au Occurrence (3)
Unnamed Au Occurrence (4)
Unnamed Au-Cu Occurrence (1)
Unnamed Au-Cu Occurrence (2)
Unnamed Cu Occurrence (1)
Unnamed Cu Occurrence (2)
Unnamed Cu Occurrence (3)
Unnamed Cu Occurrence (4)
Unnamed Cu Occurrence (5)
Unnamed Cu Occurrence (6)
Unnamed Cu Occurrence (7)
Unnamed Cu Occurrence (8)
Unnamed Cu-Bi Occurrence
Unnamed W Occurrence (1)
Unnamed W Occurrence (2)

Latitude: 32°42'21"N
Longitude: 67°9'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.705833333333,67.156388888889
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 Be C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O S Si W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneBerylChalcopyriteCorundumMalachiteNonePyriteQuartzScheeliteSpinel

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Beryl  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Dolomite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18111434286
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS251150,1152,1153,1154,115727198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O111533531
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2111459895
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O31114914640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O41114614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)21115212537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21115039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO281143,1150,1151,1152,1157,1160,1161,116261156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)21143,11614894


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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