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Stephen G. Peters, Said H. Mirzad, Emily Scott, and Bernard E. Hubbard (2011) Summary of the Zarkashan Copper and Gold Area of Interest. Summaries of Important Areas for Mineral Investment and Production Opportunities of Nonfuel Minerals in Afghanistan, chapter 15A (pp.1113-1153)

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Original EntryStephen G. Peters, Said H. Mirzad, Emily Scott, and Bernard E. Hubbard (2011) Summary of the Zarkashan Copper and Gold Area of Interest. Summaries of Important Areas for Mineral Investment and Production Opportunities of Nonfuel Minerals in Afghanistan, chapter 15A (pp.1113-1153)
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Plain TextStephen G. Peters, Said H. Mirzad, Emily Scott, and Bernard E. Hubbard (2011) Summary of the Zarkashan Copper and Gold Area of Interest. Summaries of Important Areas for Mineral Investment and Production Opportunities of Nonfuel Minerals in Afghanistan, chapter 15A (pp.1113-1153)

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Zarkashan Au-Cu deposit, Muqur District, Ghazni, Afghanistanβ“˜ Actinolite, β“˜ Adamellite, β“˜ Amphibole Supergroup, β“˜ Apatite, β“˜ Bauxite, β“˜ Biotite, β“˜ Bornite, β“˜ Calcite, β“˜ Chalcocite, β“˜ Chalcopyrite, β“˜ Chrysocolla, β“˜ Conglomerate, β“˜ Covellite, β“˜ Diopside, β“˜ Diorite, β“˜ Dolomite, β“˜ Gabbro, β“˜ Garnet Group, β“˜ Granodiorite, β“˜ Grossular, β“˜ Hematite, β“˜ Hornfels, β“˜ K Feldspar, β“˜ Kaolinite, β“˜ Limestone, β“˜ Limonite, β“˜ Magnetite, β“˜ Malachite, β“˜ Marble, β“˜ Marl, β“˜ Meionite, β“˜ Molybdenite, β“˜ Muscovite, β“˜ Native Bismuth, β“˜ Native Copper, β“˜ Native Gold, β“˜ Phlogopite, β“˜ Porphyry, β“˜ Pyrite, β“˜ Pyroxene Group, β“˜ Pyrrhotite, β“˜ Sandstone, β“˜ Sericite, β“˜ Shale, β“˜ Siderite, β“˜ Siltstone, β“˜ Sphalerite, β“˜ Syenite, β“˜ Tetradymite, β“˜ Tetrahedrite Subgroup, β“˜ Titanite, β“˜ Vesuvianite, β“˜ Wollastonite

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Katherine C. Malpeli, Peter G. Chirico, and Isabel H. McLoughlin (2013) Reconnaissance Investigation of the Placer Gold Deposits in the Zarkashan Area of Interest, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. Open-File Report 2013–1179. USGS Afghanistan Project Product No. 185. U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey
Peters, Stephen G., Stettner, Will R., Masonic, Linda M., Moran, Thomas W. (2011) Geologic map of the Zarkashan-Anguri copper and gold deposits, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan, modified from the 1968 original map compilation of E.P. Meshcheryakov and V.P. Sayapin. Open-File Report 2011-1212. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr20111212
Hubbard, Bernard E., Mack, Thomas J., Thompson, Allyson L. (2012) Lineament analysis of mineral areas of interest in Afghanistan. Open-File Report 2012-1048. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr20121048
 
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