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:
Takhar, Afghanistan

mindat Locality ID: 31136
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31136.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Takhar, Afghanistan": 29
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 22

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Chah Ab District
Chal District
Namak Ab District
Taluqan District (Taloqan District)
Warsaj District
Yangi Qala District

Latitude: 36°49'4"N
Longitude: 69°47'1"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.817777777778,69.783611111111

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	Clay	Copper	Feldspar	Gypsum	Kaolinite	None	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Sphalerite

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 Ca Cl H K Li Na O Pb S Si Sn Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Clay Copper Feldspar Gypsum Kaolinite None Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Sphalerite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Celestine ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Microcline ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spodumene ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	1101	8803
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	1101	5171
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	1091	1252
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	1092	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	7	1078,1079,1080,1081,1082,1102,1105	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	5	1087,1088,1089,1094,1097	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	4	1088,1089,1097,1099	1398
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	1096	5591
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	1101	4924
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	1102	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	1092	21482
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	1	1101	688

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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