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:
Jegdalek Ruby Deposit (Jagdalek; Jagdalak; Jagdalik), Surobi District (Sorobi District), Kabul, Afghanistan

mindat Locality ID: 2
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jegdalek Ruby Deposit (Jagdalek; Jagdalak; Jagdalik), Surobi District (Sorobi District), Kabul, Afghanistan": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Chak Mine
Chongay Mine
Karoon-Sapara Mine
Lal-Poor Mine
Loy-Khan Mine
Mirkalwat Mine
Njoni-Ghala-Spai Mine
Pahra-Dar-Khana Mine
Taghar Mine
Warmankai Mine

Latitude: 34°25'59"N
Longitude: 69°49'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.433055555556,69.816666666667

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.

Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Mica	None	Pyrite	Spinel	Titanite

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 C Ca Fe H K Mg O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H K Mg O S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Corundum Feldspar Mica None Pyrite Spinel Titanite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Corundum ()*	Graphite ()*	Margarite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Spinel ()*	Titanite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	10	681,682,683,684,685,686,687,688,689,690	1797
Graphite ()*	None	C	0		2812
Margarite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAl₂Si₂Al₂O₁₀(OH)₂	0		168
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	0		2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	0		1934
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	0		4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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