Latitude: 37°7'12"N
Longitude: 70°52'35"E
Skarn-type (?) iron deposit, occurring in the contact zone between an Oligocene granitic plug (Syakh Jar granite) and Late-Triassic-Middle Jurassic hornfels. The ore body is 150 m long, up to 3.5 m thick and has speculative reserves of 40-45 million tons of ore.
References
- Afghanistan Ministry of Mines and Industries AFG/03058, Project Document for Feasibility of Hajigak, Khish, Zerak-Sia Jar and Furmurgh Iron Ore Reserves.
- Orris, G.J., and Bliss, J.D. (2002): Mines and Mineral Occurrences of Afghanistan. United States Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-110.
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