Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kandahar, Afghanistan

mindat Locality ID: 30597
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30597.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kandahar, Afghanistan": 70
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 56

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Arghandab District
Daman District
Ghorak District
Kandahar District
Khakrez District
Maywand District
Miyan Nasheen District (Miya Nishin District)
Nesh District (Naish District)
Shah Wali Kot District
Shorabak District
Spin Boldak District
Zhari District

Latitude: 31°43'18"N
Longitude: 65°45'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.721666666667,65.762777777778

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	Alunite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Cubanite	Fluorite	Iron	Ludwigite	Malachite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Topaz
Wollastonite

Anhydrite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*
Isocubanite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Ludwigite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Taenite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Thénardite ()*	Topaz ()*
Troilite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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 As Au B Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Pb S Si Sn Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Covellite
Cubanite Fluorite Iron Ludwigite Malachite Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Topaz
Wollastonite

47 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	706	1588
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2	752,758	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	750	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	7	697,719,733,734,737,748,749	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	726,733	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5	711,719,720,737,746	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	733,734	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5	711,729,736,749,750	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	709,737	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	720,734	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	23	697,709,710,711,712,719,720,721,722,723,725,726,728,729,734,737,738,743,746,747,748,753,754	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3	704,715,745	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	746	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	704	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	697,719	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	719	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	712	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	4	712,731,739,757	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	5	726,730,732,733,734	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	10	709,710,720,721,726,729,733,734,737,743	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	5	695,705,711,719,738	30554
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	2	706,759	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	5	700,708,713,720,725	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	704	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	704	1089
Isocubanite ()*	Sphalerite Cubanite	CuFe₂S₃	1	704	191
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	746	2228
Ludwigite ()*	Ludwigite	Mg₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)	1	712	134
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1	704	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	9	708,712,713,725,731,737,743,749,762	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	10	697,701,718,719,733,734,737,746,748,749	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	726	5800
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	704	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	14	697,709,710,712,718,719,720,723,725,726,737,738,743,747	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	721	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	695,701,705,729,730,742,748	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	750	1711
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	736	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	757	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2	709,737	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	6	709,710,726,733,734,743	21482
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	704	703
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	726	1803
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	1	706	299
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	742	1476
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	704	1044
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	710	1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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