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Badel

Past Producer in Nangarhar, Afghanistan with commodity Gemstone
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023782
MRDS ID I001527
Record type Site
Current site name Badel

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 70.94232, 34.83742 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nangarhar(province)

Afghanistan(country)

Geographic areas

Country State
Afghanistan Nangarhar

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Emerald Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 70.94232, 34.83742
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 50M
    Length 20M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PEGMATITE NEARLY WORKED OUT ACCORDING TO LOCAL SOURCES.

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EMERALDS OCCUR AT THE PEGMATITE'S EXO AND ENDO-CONTACT PORTION WHERE THIN BIOTITE GLIMMERITES CONTAIN GRASS-GREEN EMERALDS 1 CM BY 2 CM IN SIZE. THE PEGMATITE IS 20 M LONG AND 20-50 CM THICK.

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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