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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

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 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: 
AllophaneAluniteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumCovellite
CubaniteFluoriteIronLudwigiteMalachiteMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPentlandite
PyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteTopaz
Wollastonite

47 IMA Minerals at location:
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  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)17061588
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)2752,7583250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS17509052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)27697,719,733,734,737,748,7495509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2726,73311547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS45711,719,720,737,7465516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2733,73427770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO25711,729,736,749,7505171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2709,7374979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2720,7345707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS223697,709,710,711,712,719,720,721,722,723,725,726,728,729,734,737,738,743,746,747,748,753,75427198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O43704,715,7453902
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O17463531
Copper  (*)CopperCu17043846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS2697,7194165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O17192970
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O617124135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)24712,731,739,7579895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF25726,730,732,733,7349617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS10709,710,720,721,726,729,733,734,737,74324243
Gold  (*)CopperAu5695,705,711,719,73830554
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl2706,7591398
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O35700,708,713,720,72514640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O317045433
Iron  (*)IronFe17041089
Isocubanite  (*)Sphalerite CubaniteCuFe2S31704191
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)617462228
Ludwigite  (*)LudwigiteMg2Fe3+O2(BO3)1712134
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)1704451
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O49708,712,713,725,731,737,743,749,76214899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)210697,701,718,719,733,734,737,746,748,74912537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS217265800
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S817041512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214697,709,710,712,718,719,720,723,725,726,737,738,743,74739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S817219056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO27695,701,705,729,730,742,74861156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)17501711
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)17364894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)17576417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)2709,7372473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS6709,710,726,733,734,74321482
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)1704703
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1317261803
Thénardite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)1706299
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F217421476
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS17041044
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO317101247



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