CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
578 Afghanistan (Kabol Province) 34.20.05 N -- 069.16.00 E Zakhel - I 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): 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; carbonate
Individual lithologies:marble
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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