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Sangilyn

Producer in Herat, Afghanistan with commodity Barium-Barite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023468
MRDS ID I000453
Record type Site
Current site name Sangilyn

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 62.02868, 34.76387 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Herat(province)

Afghanistan(country)

Geographic areas

Country State
Afghanistan Herat

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Malachite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Witherite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 181
USGS model code 27e
Deposit model name Disseminated Sb

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) 62.02868, 34.76387
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 1000M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1976
    Total resources 1493000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Barium-Barite BaSO4 85 wt-pct Barium Major 1976

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • BARITE RESERVES AND GRADE IMPLY A RESERVE ORE TONNAGE OF 1.756 MILLION METRIC TONS.

Comments on development

  • MINE WAS ACTIVE IN 1977.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABDULLARH, SH., CHMYRIOV, V.M., STAZHILO-ALEKSEEV, K.F., DRONOV, V.I., GANNANA, P.J., ROSSOVSKIY, L.N., KAFARSKIY, A.KH., AND MALYAROV, E.P., 1977, MINERAL RESOURCES OF AFGHANISTAN (2ND EDITION): KABUL, AFGHANISTAN, REPUBLIC OF AFGHANISTAN GEOLOGICAL AND MIENRAL SURVEY, 419 P

  • Reserve-Resource

    ABDULLAH AND OTHERS, 1977.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 MINERALIZED ZONES UP TO 2500 M LONG AND 200-700 M WIDE WITH 24 MAJOR AND NUMEROUS MINOR FRACTURE-FILLING VEINS. THE VEINS ARE 700-1000 FT LONG AND AVERAGE 1.5 M THICK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1990 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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