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): |
Ghuldarra - I; Ghuldarra - II |
Political location(s): |
Afghanistan; Province or state: Kabol Province; Nearest community: Ghuldarra |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
undifferentiated; disseminated in marble |
Deposit status: |
occurrence |
Geologic province: |
Kabul Block |
Deposit object located: |
Ghuldarra - I zone |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Mineralization styles: |
disseminations |
Geological ages: |
Vendian - Cambrian (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; carbonateIndividual lithologies: | marble |
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Mineralogy: |
(mineralization): covellite, chalcopyrite, chalcocite, malachite |
Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) disseminated in marble; 2 occurrences close by: i has two mineralized zones & ii has one zone
(Applies to: mineralization) Ghudarra - I consists of two zones with disseminated Cu mineralization. One zone is 1000 m long and 25-35 m thick; the other is 450 m long and 10-80 m thick (Orris and Bliss, 2002). Less is reported for Ghudarra - II, which is in a slightly different location, and consists of a zone 30-50 m long and 2-5 m thick which also occurs in marble. |
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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