Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Parwan, Afghanistan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 286
Youngest recorded age at locality: 286

mindat Locality ID: 30940
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30940.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Parwan, Afghanistan": 32
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 24

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Bagram District
Ghorband District
Jabalussaraj District
Kohi Safi District
Salang District
Shekh Ali District
Surkhi Parsa District

Latitude: 34°59'52"N
Longitude: 68°59'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.997777777778,68.999444444444

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.

Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica
None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc

Albite ()*	Baryte ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*
Chrysotile ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Halite ()*
Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spodumene ()*	Talc ()*

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 Au Ba C Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Malachite Marcasite Mica
None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Talc

20 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)			3	1042,1048,1049	8803
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			7	1030,1032,1033,1035,1036,1037,1051	11547
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			3	1042,1048,1049	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	286	286	1	1055	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	1044	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			2	1025,1029	951
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			2	1030,1035	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	1031	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	1030	30554
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl			1	1038	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			3	1040,1041,1047	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	286	286	1	1055	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	1030	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			3	1042,1048,1049	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			1	1030	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	1031	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			2	1030,1045	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	1030	21482
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆			3	1042,1048,1049	688
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	1029	3337

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedcu-00001	286	286	Carbonif.- L. Permian										Cu	226338	Surkhi Parsa Cu-U Occurrence (Surkh-i-Parso), Surkhi Parsa District, Parwan, Afghanistan	Surkh-i-Parso	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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