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Shodal Asbestos Deposit

Prospect in Paktia, Afghanistan with commodity Asbestos
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023384
MRDS ID I000280
Record type Site
Current site name Shodal Asbestos Deposit
Related records 10094971

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 69.58401, 33.23197 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Paktia(province)

Afghanistan(country)

Geographic areas

Country State
Afghanistan Paktia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Asbestos Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysotile Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Serpentinization

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 18
USGS model code 8d
Deposit model name Serpentine-hosted asbestos

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 69.58401, 33.23197
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES ARE SPECULATIVE TO A DEPTH OF 100 M.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABDULLAH, SH., CHMYRIOV, V.M., STAZHILO-ALEKSEEV, K.F., DRONOV, V.I., GANNON, P.J., ROSSOVSKIY, L.N., KAFARSKIY, A.KH., AND MALYAROV, E.P., 1977, MINERAL RESOURCES OF AFGHANISTAN, 2ND ED.: KABUL, AFGHAN GEOLOGICAL AND MINES SURVEY, 419 P

  • Reserve-Resource

    ABDULLAH AND OTHERS, 1977.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SIX ASBESTOS-BEARING ZONES OCCUR OVER AN AREA OF 19 SQ KM OF FAULTED ULTRABASIC ROCKS. THE CHRYSOTILE ASBESTOS IS LOW STRENGTH AND CONSISTS OF FIBERS 15-20 CM LONG IN FOLIATED AND "CRUMPLED" SERPENTINITES. ONLY ZONE 4 HAS BEEN STUDIED. ZONE 4 IS 640 M LONG AND 130 M THICK. IT HAS IRREGULAR ASBESTOS MINERALIZATION WITH GRADES RANGING FROM 0.23-39.37% FIBERS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-89 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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