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Alburz

Occurrence in Balkh, Afghanistan with commodity Sulfur
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023777
MRDS ID I001520
Record type Site
Current site name Alburz

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 66.58412, 36.58178 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Balkh(province)

Afghanistan(country)

Geographic areas

Country State
Afghanistan Balkh

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sulfur Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) 66.58412, 36.58178
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1955
    Total resources 200000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Sulfur S 40 wt-pct Sulfur Major 1955

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABDULLAH, SH., CHMYRIOV, V.M., STAZHILO-ALAKSEEV, K.F., DRONOV, V.I., GANNAN, 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 MINERAL SURVEY, 419 P

  • Reserve-Resource

    ABDULLAH, 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A 450-500M BY 700 M AREA IN STRONGLY ALTERED UPPER CRETACEOUS ROCKS CONTAINS NATIVE SULFUR IN 4 TYPES OF ORE: 1) SILICEOUS-OPALINE; 2) TRIPOLITE; 3) ALUM-GYPSUM; AND 4) SILICEOUS-CARBONATED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1989 Wells, Tina M. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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