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Locality Name:
Zarkashan Mt (Zarkishen; Zerkishen), Qarabagh District, Ghazni, Afghanistan


mindat Locality ID: 30523
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30523.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zarkashan Mt (Zarkishen; Zerkishen), Qarabagh District, Ghazni, Afghanistan": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Maquar
Zarkashan Au Deposit

Latitude: 33°10'1"N
Longitude: 67°48'36"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.166944444444,67.81
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperDiasporeMalachiteMicaNonePyrite
QuartzSphaleriteVesuvianiteWollastonite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Copper  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Malachite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS414525516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)145127770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S14525707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2145227198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O14513531
Copper  (*)CopperCu14513846
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)14517437
Gold  (*)CopperAu2451,45230554
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2145212537
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)214522273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2145239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2145161156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS145221482
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1014521395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO314521247


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