Database name: |
World Sediment-Hosted Cu Deposits |
Compilers: |
R. V. Kirkham, J. J. Carriere, A. Rafer, and P. Born |
Release date: |
2015-01-27 |
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Deposit name(s): |
Zakhel - I |
Political location(s): |
Afghanistan; Province or state: Kabol Province |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
undifferentiated; in marble |
Deposit status: |
occurrence |
Geologic province: |
Kabul Block |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Geological ages: |
Vendian - Cambrian (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; carbonateIndividual lithologies: | marble |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in marble; 2 mineralized zones each 1000m long & 20-100m thick/ 0.53% Cu over 90m; other assays gave 0.34 % Cu over 25 m & 1.06 % Cu over 40 m thickness
(Applies to: mineralization) Two mineralized zones, each about 1000 m long and 20-100 m thick, in Zakhel - I. Another nearby occurrence named Zakhel - II consists of 2 Cu-bearing zones-- one is 500 m long by 2-10 m thick, the other 1500 m long by 20-35 m thick and shares the same characteristics. (Orris and Bliss, 2002; Abdullah et al., 1977). |
References: |
Abdullah, S.; Chmyriov, V. M.; Stazhilo-Alekseev, K. F.; Dronov, V. I.; Gannon, P. J.; Lubemov, B. K.; Kafarskiy, A. K. H.; Malyarov, E. P., 1977 |
Mineral Resources of Afghanistan |
Afghan Geological and Mines Survey, Ministry of Mines and Industries, Republic of Afghanistan, Publication code Edition 2, 419 p. |
Orris, G. J.; Bliss, J. D., 2002 |
Mines and Mineral Occurrences of Afghanistan |
Open File Report, United States Geological Survey, Publication code 02-110, 95 p. |
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