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): |
Aynak (deposit name); Central Aynak (zone name); Western Aynak (zone name) |
Political location(s): |
Afghanistan; Province or state: Logar Province; Nearest community: Kabul (30 km SSE) |
Deposit clan (type): |
sediment-hosted copper |
Deposit (sub) types: |
undifferentiated; conformable sulphide bands mainly in sandstone |
Deposit status: |
deposit |
Geologic province: |
Kabul Block |
Commodities: |
Cu |
Geological ages: |
Eocambrian - Early Cambrian (host rocks) |
Tectonic setting: |
continental marginal basin-half-graben; divergent (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; quartzite-mudstone-carbonate-sandstone; Depositional setting: shallow marine; Metamorphic grade: lower amphibolite; Component: main mineralized zoneIndividual lithologies: | dolomite sandstone quartzite shale (carbonaceous) marble | Host rock stratigraphy: | Loy Khwar formation |
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Mineralogy: |
(mineralization): bornite, chalcopyrite, chalcocite, native copper, malachite, covellite, tenorite |
Qualified comments: |
(Applies to: miscellaneous comments) conformable sulphide bands mainly in sandstone; upward & downward mineral zoning very similar to Zambian Cu deposits; host rocks to greenschist-meta ss/dolomitic marble/carbonaceous schist
(Applies to: reserve/resource assays) 'Drill-indicated reserves' estimated as 240 Mt @ 2.3% Cu or 175 Mt @ 2.5% Cu |
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. |
Anonymous, 2006 |
Minerals in Afghanistan: The Potential for Copper |
Information Circular, Afghanistan Geological Survey, 4 p. |
Anonymous, 2006 |
Afghanistan: A Country of Opportunity |
Mining Journal, August 2006 issue, p. 1 |
Sillitoe, R. H., 1980 |
Strata-Bound Ore Deposits Related to Infracambrian Rifting Along Northern Gondwanaland |
in Fifth Quadrennial IAGOD Symposium, Utah 1978, Edited by Ridge, J. D., Proceedings, International Association on the Genesis of Ore Deposits (IAGOD), E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart, Volume 1, 795 p, p. 163 - 172 |
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Resource data: |
Disclaimer - Reserves/Resource Data
Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, represented by the Minister of Natural Resources (NRCan) does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy, completeness or fitness for any purpose of Reserve and Resource information (Data) contained in this database, including whether the Data is compliant with any securities regulations or standards, and NRCan does not assume any liability with respect to any damage or loss incurred as a result of the use made of the Data.
Resource and reserve figures are historical in nature. The Data source provided with each set of figures should be cited if the Data are re-reported. |
Estimate date: 1980; 200,000,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: estimated resourceGrade-commodity information: | Cu: 2 percent | Reference: Ridge, J. D. (Editor(s)), 1980: Proceedings of the Fifth Quadrennial IAGOD Symposium, Snowbird, Utah; Volume, International Association on the Genesis of Ore Deposits, Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart , 1, 795 p. Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%
350,000,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: estimated resource - 2 depositsGrade-commodity information: | Cu: 1.5 percent | Cutoff grade-commodity: | Cu: 0.7 percent | Reference: Anonymous, 1990: Personal Communication Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0% |