CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
581 Afghanistan (Kabol Province) 34.25.53 N -- 069.22.43 E Taghar Cu
 
Database name: World Sediment-Hosted Cu Deposits
Compilers: R. V. Kirkham, J. J. Carriere, A. Rafer, and P. Born
Release date: 2015-01-27
   
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 schist
Individual lithologies:carbonate (micaceous)
phyllite
marble
schist

(2) sedimentary; mudstone-carbonate
Individual lithologies:carbonate (micaceous)
phyllite
schist
marble
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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