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): |
Taghar |
Political location(s): |
Afghanistan; Province or state: Kabol Province |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
undifferentiated; as veinlets pods and disseminations in host rocks |
Deposit status: |
occurrence |
Geologic province: |
Kabul Block |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Mineralization styles: |
veinlets; pods; disseminations |
Geological ages: |
Vendian - Cambrian (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) metamorphic; metasedimentary schistIndividual lithologies: | carbonate (micaceous) phyllite marble schist |
(2) sedimentary; mudstone-carbonateIndividual lithologies: | carbonate (micaceous) phyllite schist marble |
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Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) as veinlets pods & disseminations in host rocks; 19 discontinuous Cu zones 300 to 6000 metres long & 3 to 200 m thick; mineralized sections between 3-15 m & 40-70 m thick assay 0.1-0.9 % Cu
(Applies to: mineralization) 19 discontinuous Cu-bearing zones that are a few hundred to 6000 m long. Mineralization occurs as veinlets, pods, and disseminations (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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