Malik Dukan Mine, Dishu District, Helmand, Afghanistani
Regional Level Types | |
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Malik Dukan Mine | Mine |
Dishu District | District |
Helmand | Province |
Afghanistan | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
29° 43' North , 63° 36' East
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Aragonite veins, hosted in Eocene-Oligocene volcanic rocks. The material is mined for use as an ornamental stone. The deposit also has indicated reserves of 120,000 tons of anhydrite.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Anhydrite Formula: CaSO4 Reference: Orris, G.J., and Bliss, J.D. (2002): Mines and Mineral Occurrences of Afghanistan. United States Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-110 |
ⓘ Aragonite Formula: CaCO3 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 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
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ⓘ | Aragonite | 5.AB.15 | CaCO3 |
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
ⓘ | Anhydrite | 7.AD.30 | CaSO4 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
C | Carbon | |
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C | ⓘ Aragonite | CaCO3 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Anhydrite | CaSO4 |
O | ⓘ Aragonite | CaCO3 |
S | Sulfur | |
S | ⓘ Anhydrite | CaSO4 |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | ⓘ Anhydrite | CaSO4 |
Ca | ⓘ Aragonite | CaCO3 |
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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