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Pasghushta

Occurrence in Nangarhar, Afghanistan with commodities Lithium, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Tin
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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 10024303
MRDS ID IOO1540
Record type Site
Current site name Pasghushta
Related records 10023791

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 71.0151, 35.39127 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Accuracy Unknown.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nangarhar(province)

Afghanistan(country)

Geographic areas

Country State
Afghanistan Nangarhar

Comments on the location information

  • IN LOCALITY OF PASGHUSHTA PASS AND PASGHUSHTA RIVER.
  • CENTRAL POINT ON STRIKE LENGTH OF APPROXIMATELY 100 KM

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lithium Critical Primary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Tertiary
Tantalum Critical Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Spodumene Ore
Albite Gangue
Cassiterite Gangue
Columbite Gangue
Tantalite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) 71.0151, 35.39127
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 30M
    Length 800M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINOR BASIN DEVELOPMENT; CRMT + PLGC + PRXN; SLPD; THE UG2 CHROMITITE LAYER IS LOCATED ABOUT 300 M BELOW THE MERENSKY REEF IN THE DWARS RIVER SUBSUITE (CRITICAL ZONE) OF THE RUSTENBURG LAYERED SUITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SPECULATIVE RESERVES.

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). DEVELOPMENT(NO); EXPLORATION(NO); NO SIGNIFICANT NICKEL PRODUCTION ENVISAGED IN NEAR FUTURE; VERY IMPORTANT PGE RESOURCE BUT NICKEL GRADE VERY LOW (APPROXIMATELY 0.07%).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABDULLAH, S.H., 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 STEEP SPODUMENE-MICROLINE-ALBITE AND SPODUMENE-ALBITE DIKES OVER ZONE 10 KM LONG AND 30-250 M THICK. LARGEST DIKES ARE 600-800 M LONG, 20-30M THICK .
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-92 Wells, Tina M. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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