Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tala Wa Barfak District, Baghlan, Afghanistan

mindat Locality ID: 227476
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-227476.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tala Wa Barfak District, Baghlan, Afghanistan": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Amir-Amand Coal Occurrence
Barfak Coal Occurrence
Dara Alasang Cu-polymetallic Deposit (Darra Alasang; Darrah Alasang; Darra-i-Alansang)
Estama Bauxite Deposit (Estoma)
Nalak (Nalaq; Nalag)
Tala-Barfak Mine
Talin Clay Deposit
Unnamed Cu Occurrence (1)
Unnamed Cu Occurrence (2)

Latitude: 35°22'22"N
Longitude: 68°9'27"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.372777777778,68.1575

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Covellite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt
Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel

Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Si Sn Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Covellite Gypsum Kaolinite Nickeline None Pyrite Rocksalt
Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	216	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	216,224	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	216	4165
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	216	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	221	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	216	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	216	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	222	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	216,224	14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	224,225	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	216	9056
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	216	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	216	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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