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Locality Name:
Tala Wa Barfak District, Baghlan, Afghanistan


mindat Locality ID: 227476
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-227476.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tala Wa Barfak District, Baghlan, Afghanistan": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Amir-Amand Coal Occurrence
Barfak Coal Occurrence
Dara Alasang Cu-polymetallic Deposit (Darra Alasang; Darrah Alasang; Darra-i-Alansang)
Estama Bauxite Deposit (Estoma)
Nalak (Nalaq; Nalag)
Tala-Barfak Mine
Talin Clay Deposit
Unnamed Cu Occurrence (1)
Unnamed Cu Occurrence (2)

Latitude: 35°22'22"N
Longitude: 68°9'27"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.372777777778,68.1575
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 Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Si Sn Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteClayCorundumCovelliteGypsumKaoliniteNickelineNonePyriteRocksalt
RutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinel

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO212165171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22216,22427198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS12164165
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS121624243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12216890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3121614640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312165433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412225591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42216,22414899
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22224,22539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812169056
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)12164894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS121621482


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