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Locality Name:
Anar Dara District, Farah, Afghanistan


mindat Locality ID: 227372
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-227372.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Anar Dara District, Farah, Afghanistan": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Bisar Sn-W Occurrence
Border-Side Cu Occurrence
Chohe-Arusi Cu Occurrence (Chohe-Hrusi)
Cone Placer
Ghuri-Safed Cu Occurrence
Gologa Mine (Gologha Mine)
Kelkak Sn-W Occurrence (Kelkar)
Korezak Fe Occurrence (Karezak)
Kuchi Sn Occurrence
Markoh Cu Occurrence
Northern Placer
Sarkoro Sn-Cu Occurrence
Seh-Kuta Sn-Pb-Zn Occurrence (She Kuta)
Tourmaline Sn-Bi-Zn-W Deposit
Unnamed Cu Occurrence

Latitude: 33°2'12"N
Longitude: 61°22'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.036666666667,61.366666666667
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Cl Cu F Fe H K O P Pb S Si Sn W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneApatiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumCovelliteDiasporeFluoriteMalachite
MicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinel
Stibnite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Covellite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)23332,334,3395509
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S313431935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)133427770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO27333,336,338,340,341,342,3435171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2331,3355707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23331,336,34327198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O13443531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS13354165
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF213439617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS134224243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)13367437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32330,34114640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4133714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)25331,332,334,335,33912537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2134317380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22331,34339462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl13351725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25334,336,341,342,34361156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)13364894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2342,34321482


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