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:
Aynak West Prospect, Aynak Cu Deposit (Mes Aynak), Mohammad Agha District (Muhammad Agha District), Logar, Afghanistan

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

mindat Locality ID: 226368
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-226368.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Aynak West Prospect, Aynak Cu Deposit (Mes Aynak), Mohammad Agha District (Muhammad Agha District), Logar, Afghanistan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Chalcopyrite	None	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyrite	Skutterudite	Sphalerite	Spinel

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: As Co Cu Fe Ni S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Co Cu Fe Ni S Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite None Pentlandite Perovskite Pyrite Skutterudite Sphalerite Spinel

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Linnaeite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Skutterudite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Violarite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	570	570	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	570	570	27198
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	1000	541	249
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1000	541	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1000	541	39462
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	1000	541	531
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1000	541	21482
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	1000	541	380

2 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
	Kristen002134	1000	541	Neoproterozoic							Yes				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							Yes			Cu	30621	Aynak Cu Deposit (Mes Aynak), Mohammad Agha District (Muhammad Agha District), Logar, Afghanistan	Aynak	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

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