Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Shuhada District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan

mindat Locality ID: 227675
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-227675.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shuhada District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Glick Cu Occurrence
Kalawoch Fe Occurrence
Landaw-Sin Valley
Nakhchir Par Au Occurrence
Unnamed Au-Cu Occurrence (1)
Unnamed Au-Cu Occurrence (2)
Unnamed W Occurrence
Yakh-Darra Graphite Occurrence (Yagh-Darra)

Latitude: 37°16'10"N
Longitude: 71°4'53"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.269444444444,71.081388888889

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	Corundum	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel	Staurolite

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 C Cu Fe H O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Corundum Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Spinel Staurolite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Staurolite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	123	27198
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	127	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	121	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	121,123,124	14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	123,124	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	123,124	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	126	61156
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	122	978

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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