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:
Oruzgan, Afghanistan

mindat Locality ID: 30600
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30600.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Oruzgan, Afghanistan": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Chora District
Dih Rawud District (Dihrawud District; Deh Rawod District)
Khas Uruzgan District
Tarin Kowt District (Tirin Kot District)

Latitude: 32°43'25"N
Longitude: 66°2'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.723611111111,66.049166666667

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Fluorite	Malachite	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite
Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Wollastonite

Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	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 Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Mo O Pb S Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Fluorite Malachite Molybdenite None Pyrite
Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Wollastonite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	977	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	976	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	971,985	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	6	975,976,977,981,982,983	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	976	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	971,985	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	983	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	975	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	981,982	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	982	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	976	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	975,976,982,983	39462
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	977	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	977	21482
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	976	1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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