Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Khinj District, Panjshir, Afghanistan

mindat Locality ID: 227105
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-227105.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Khinj District, Panjshir, Afghanistan": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Chukri-Naw Fe-Ag Occurrence
Darun Mine
Nukra-Khana Fe Deposit
Panjsher Valley Slag Deposits
Tele Panjsher Fe Deposit

Latitude: 35°33'17"N
Longitude: 69°53'36"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.554722222222,69.893333333333

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.

Analcime	Aragonite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Cristobalite	Feldspar	Mica
None	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Spinel

Albite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Beryl ()*	Cerussite ()*
Cristobalite ()*	Fayalite ()*	Galena ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*
Leucite ()*	Magnesioferrite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Monticellite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Penfieldite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Wüstite ()*

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 Cl Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Aragonite Baryte Beryl Calcite Clay Corundum Cristobalite Feldspar Mica
None Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Spinel

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	1008,1010	8803
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	1010	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	1008	3092
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	1008	4286
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	1010	4979
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	1010	453
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	1010	371
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	1010	24243
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	1010	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	1007,1009,1010,1011	14640
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)	1	1010	233
Magnesioferrite ()*	Spinel	MgFe³⁺₂O₄	1	1010	98
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	1010	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	1010	4924
Monticellite ()*	Olivine	CaMg(SiO₄)	1	1010	153
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	1010	17380
Penfieldite ()*	None	Pb₂Cl₃(OH)	1	1010	22
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	1008	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	1008	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	1008,1010	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	1007,1009	6417
Wüstite ()*	Rocksalt	FeO	1	1010	74

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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