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Locality Name:
Kabul, Afghanistan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 570
Youngest recorded age at locality: 570

mindat Locality ID: 30596
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30596.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kabul, Afghanistan": 85
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 67

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Bagrami District
Chahar Asyab District
Dih Sabz District
Kabol District (Kabul District)
Khaki Jabar District (Khaki Jabbar District)
Musayi District (Mussahi District)
Paghman District
Shakardara District (Shakar Darah District)
Surobi District (Sorobi District)

Latitude: 34°30'24"N
Longitude: 69°15'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.506666666667,69.259166666667

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.

Allophane	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Covellite	Feldspar	Garnet	Malachite
Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc
Titanite

Almandine ()*	Azurite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Corundum ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Galena ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Margarite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*

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 Be C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Covellite Feldspar Garnet Malachite
Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Talc
Titanite

30 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			2	609,610	2353
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	570	570	3	632,648,661	5509
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			1	692	4286
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	570	570	6	632,642,651,659,661,662	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	570	570	10	632,635,645,651,655,659,661,662,665,666	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	570	570	16	617,618,619,620,633,634,642,651,655,659,661,662,665,666,667,670	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	621	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			2	645,662	3531
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃			11	680,681,682,683,684,685,686,687,688,689,690	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	570	570	11	617,632,634,635,645,651,655,661,662,665,666	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	570	570	1	651	2970
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	659	24243
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	680	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			2	624,670	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	570	570	1	651	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄			1	609	1507
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			1	615	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	570	570	5	624,625,651,670,671	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	570	570	17	617,618,619,632,633,634,635,648,649,651,659,660,661,663,665,667,670	12537
Margarite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAl₂Si₂Al₂O₁₀(OH)₂			1	680	168
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			2	680,691	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	680	2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	680	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	570	570	3	642,651,680	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	570	570	1	651	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			4	617,619,620,673	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	570	570	1	651	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			1	680	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	614	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	680	4899

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
sedcu-00007	570	570	Vendian-Cambrian	Cu	226441	Darband Cu Deposit, Khaki Jabar District (Khaki Jabbar District), Kabul, Afghanistan	Darband	Cox et al. (2003)	USGSOFR03_107
sedcu-00006	570	570	Vendian-Cambrian	Cu	226501	Jawhar Cu Deposit (Jawkhar), Khaki Jabar District (Khaki Jabbar District), Kabul, Afghanistan	Jawkhar	Cox et al. (2003)	USGSOFR03_107
sedcu-00004	570	570	Vendian-Cambrian	Cu	226470	Khurd Kabul Cu Deposit, Khaki Jabar District (Khaki Jabbar District), Kabul, Afghanistan	Khurdkabul	Cox et al. (2003)	USGSOFR03_107
sedcu-00002	570	570	Vendian-Cambrian	Cu	226488	Taghar Cu Deposit, Khaki Jabar District (Khaki Jabbar District), Kabul, Afghanistan	Taghar	Cox et al. (2003)	USGSOFR03_107
sedcu-00003	570	570	Vendian-Cambrian	Cu	226455	Ghuldarra No. 1 Cu Occurrence, Musayi District (Mussahi District), Kabul, Afghanistan	Ghuldarra	Cox et al. (2003)	USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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