Chehilgan Shahr Au deposit, Shahri Buzurg District, Badakhshan, Afghanistani
Regional Level Types | |
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Chehilgan Shahr Au deposit | Deposit |
Shahri Buzurg District | District |
Badakhshan | Province |
Afghanistan | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
37° 28' North , 70° 16' East
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Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Chilkonshar
Hydrothermal gold deposit, consisting of about 40 gold-bearing quartz veins within a fault zone in Early Carboniferous volcanic rocks. The deposit covers an area of 21 km² and has speculative reserves of 245 kg Au.
The grid reference is centered on the deposit area.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Gold Formula: Au Reference: Orris, G.J., and Bliss, J.D. (2002): Mines and Mineral Occurrences of Afghanistan. United States Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-110 |
ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 Reference: Orris, G.J., and Bliss, J.D. (2002): Mines and Mineral Occurrences of Afghanistan. United States Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-110 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 1 - Elements | |||
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ⓘ | Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
O | Oxygen | |
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O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
Au | Gold | |
Au | ⓘ Gold | Au |
References
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Year (asc) Year (desc) Author (A-Z) Author (Z-A)Orris, G.J., Bliss, J.D. (2002) Mines and Mineral Occurrences of Afghanistan. United States Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-110.
External Links
https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2002/0110/pdf/of02-110.pdf [Orris & Bliss, 2002]
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