USGS Open-File Report 02-110: Mines and Mineral Occurrences of Afghanistan

Mines and Mineral Occurrences of Afghanistan

By G.J. Orris and J.D. Bliss

Summary

This inventory of more than 1000 mines and mineral occurrences in Afghanistan was compiled from published literature and the files of project members of the National Industrial Minerals project of the U.S. Geological Survey. The compiled data have been edited for consistency and most duplicates have been deleted. The data cover metals, industrial minerals, coal, and peat. Listings in the table represent several levels of information, including mines, mineral showings, deposits, and pegmatite fields.

First posted March 20, 2002

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Appendix A XLS (404 kB)
Table of mines and mineral occurrences in .xls format

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Suggested citation:

Orris, G. J., Bliss, J. D., 2002, Mines and Mineral Occurrences of Afghanistan: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-110, 95 pp., https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2002/0110/.

Contents

Introduction

Data sources, processing, and accuracy

Data

References

Appendix A