Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Shibar District, Bamyan, Afghanistan

mindat Locality ID: 227101
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-227101.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shibar District, Bamyan, Afghanistan": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Hajigak Baryte Deposit
Hajigak Fe-Pb-Ag Deposit
Hajigak Limestone Deposit
Hajigak Silica Deposit
Unnamed Fe Occurrence
Unnamed W Occurrence

Latitude: 34°43'46"N
Longitude: 68°5'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.729444444444,68.092222222222

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Mica None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	260,264	11547
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	265	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	261,264,265	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	265	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	261,264	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	261,264	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	260	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	261,265	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	261,263	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	265	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	261	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	264	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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