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Locality Name:
Logar, Afghanistan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1000
Youngest recorded age at locality: 541

mindat Locality ID: 30599
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30599.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Logar, Afghanistan": 38
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 31

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Azra District
Kharwar District
Khushi District
Mohammad Agha District (Muhammad Agha District)
Pul-i-Alam District

Latitude: 34°4'36"N
Longitude: 69°14'9"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.076666666667,69.235833333333

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	Brochantite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Covellite	Feldspar	Malachite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Serpentine	Skutterudite	Sphalerite
Spinel

Albite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Chrysotile ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Galena ()*	Graphite ()*
Linnaeite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Skutterudite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*
Violarite ()*

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 C Co Cr Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Brochantite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Covellite Feldspar Malachite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Perovskite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Serpentine Skutterudite Sphalerite
Spinel

26 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1000	541	2	861,870	8803
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	855	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	570	570	4	853,859,860,862	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	570	570	2	855,860	1633
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	570	570	1	860	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	570	570	4	853,858,859,860	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	570	570	6	854,858,859,860,862,863	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			5	867,868,878,879,881	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	570	570	1	860	3531
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			3	880,882,884	951
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	570	570	2	853,859	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	570	570	1	860	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	853	2970
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	854	24243
Graphite ()*	None	C			2	849,851	2812
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	1000	541	2	860,862	249
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1000	541	2	860,871	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			5	853,854,855,858,863	12537
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1000	541	2	860,862	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1000	541	2	860,862	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1000	541	1	860	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1000	541	3	854,861,863	61156
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	1000	541	2	860,862	531
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1000	541	2	860,862	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	570	570	1	860	1101
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	1000	541	2	860,862	380

4 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
Kristen002134	1000	541	Neoproterozoic		30621	Aynak Cu Deposit (Mes Aynak), Mohammad Agha District (Muhammad Agha District), Logar, Afghanistan	Aynak Copper Deposit	Ludington et al. (2007)	USGS2007-1005
sedcu-00008	570	570	Vendian-Cambrian	Cu	30621	Aynak Cu Deposit (Mes Aynak), Mohammad Agha District (Muhammad Agha District), Logar, Afghanistan	Aynak	Cox et al. (2003)	USGSOFR03_107
sedcu-00009	570	570	Vendian-Cambrian	Cu	226377	Khundara Cu Occurrence (Kundara), Mohammad Agha District (Muhammad Agha District), Logar, Afghanistan	Khundara	Cox et al. (2003)	USGSOFR03_107
sedcu-00005	570	570	Vendian-Cambrian	Cu	226485	Zakhel Cu Occurrence, Mohammad Agha District (Muhammad Agha District), Logar, Afghanistan	Zakhel	Cox et al. (2003)	USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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