Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Adraskan District, Herat, Afghanistan

mindat Locality ID: 227366
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-227366.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Adraskan District, Herat, Afghanistan": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Dahana (Dakana)
Dusar Cu Occurrence
Kalmurgh Cu Occurrence
Kavir-i-Nazar Mine (Kavir-i-Naizar Mine)
Mir-Ali Cu-Zn Occurrence
Misgaran Mine
Northern Cu Occurrence
Palang-Sor Mine
Pudar Cu-Bi Occurrence (Podar)
Shaida Cu-Zn Deposit
Tanora Pb-Zn-Cu Occurrence (Tonura)
Unnamed Cu Occurrence (1)
Unnamed Cu Occurrence (2)
Unnamed Cu Occurrence (3)

Latitude: 33°47'6"N
Longitude: 61°44'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.785,61.746111111111

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.

Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Fluorite	Malachite	Marcasite
Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stannite

Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mo Na O Pb S Si Sn W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Fluorite Malachite Marcasite
Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite
Spinel Stannite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

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	6	546,548,550,554,556,558	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	557	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	4	542,543,549,552	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	552	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	552	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	12	542,544,546,548,549,550,552,553,554,556,558,560	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	548	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	548	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5	542,544,549,552,557	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	552,553	30554
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	547	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	553	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	542,544,549	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	6	546,548,550,552,554,558	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	549	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	552	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	7	545,546,548,549,550,553,559	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	549,553	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	542,543,554,557,560	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	542	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	544,549,553,557	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	1	549	668

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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