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:
Andarab District, Baghlan, Afghanistan

mindat Locality ID: 30593
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30593.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Andarab District, Baghlan, Afghanistan": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Andarab Pegmatite
Andarab Valley
Ghorisang Cu Occurrence (Ghury-Sang)
Shashan Cu-Pb-Zn Occurrence (Shoshon)
Taghonak (Taghonuk)
Tele Doab Cu Occurrence
Unnamed Ag Occurrence
Unnamed Cu Occurrence
Unnamed Pb-Zn Occurrence
Unnamed Sn Occurrence

Latitude: 35°41'52"N
Longitude: 69°23'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.697777777778,69.393055555556

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	Copper	Fluorite	Garnet	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile

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: Ag Al Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K O S Si Sn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Fluorite Garnet Mica None Pyrite Quartz Rutile

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Andradite ()*	Bornite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Uvarovite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	175	1534
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	176	5516
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	184	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	176,180	27198
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	181	9617
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	173	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	176,177,180	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	175,176	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	181	5186
Uvarovite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Cr₂(SiO₄)₃	2	175,179	212

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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