Tangi-Murch

Occurrence in Baghlan, Afghanistan with commodity Strontium
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023243
MRDS ID I000036
Record type Site
Current site name Tangi-Murch

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 69.20739, 36.26873 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baghlan(province)

Afghanistan(country)

Geographic areas

Country State
Afghanistan Baghlan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Strontium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Celestite Ore

Analytical data

Result CELESTITE: AVERAGE SPECIFIC GRAVITY - 3.43 G/CUBIC M.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) 69.20739, 36.26873

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.67M
    Length 170M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1977
    Total resources 85600000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Strontium SrSO4 53.96 wt-pct Strontium Major 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABDULLAH, SH., CHMYRIOV,V.M., STAZHILO-ALEKSEEV, 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 AND OTHERS, 1977, P. 262.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1987 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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