Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kahmard District, Bamyan, Afghanistan

mindat Locality ID: 227102
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-227102.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kahmard District, Bamyan, Afghanistan": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Dasht-e-Safed Gypsum Deposit
Dasht-e-Safed Sulphur Occurrence
Doab Cu Occurrence
Eshpushta
Kahmard Gypsum Occurrence (Kamard)
Madr Gypsum Deposit (Nadr)
Siwak Limestone Deposit (Sawak)
Tanghy-Eshpushta Cu Occurrence
Unnamed Cu Occurrence

Latitude: 35°19'6"N
Longitude: 67°55'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.318333333333,67.916666666667

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	Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite
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 As C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mo O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Clay Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Molybdenite None Pyrite
Sphalerite Sulphur

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Dolomite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Sulphur ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	251	9052
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	251,252	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2	257,258	3531
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	254,255	9895
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	4	245,246,254,255	6890
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	249,253	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	252	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	251	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	251	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	251,252	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	246	2045

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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