Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Waras District, Bamyan, Afghanistan

mindat Locality ID: 227098
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-227098.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Waras District, Bamyan, Afghanistan": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Gogerd Sulphur Deposit (Gugirt; Cugirt; Gugit)
Kunak Pegmatite Field
Sewake Hg Occurrence
Solghoi Hg Occurrence
Unnamed Sn Occurrence (1)
Unnamed Sn Occurrence (2)
Waras Cu Occurrence (Waraz)

Latitude: 34°8'1"N
Longitude: 66°48'43"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.133611111111,66.811944444444

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.

Clay	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rutile	Sphalerite	Sulphur

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 H Hg K O S Si Sn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Quartz Rutile Sphalerite Sulphur

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Azurite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Malachite ()*	Metacinnabar ()*
Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sulphur ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	273	5509
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	3	268,271,272	5171
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	2	269,270	2600
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	273	12537
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	1	270	255
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	268	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	268,272	61156
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	267	2045

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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