Panjsher Province (Panjsheer Province; Panjshir Province; Panjsher Valley; Panjshir Valley), Afghanistan

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This province was created in April 2004 from the northeastern districts of Parvan Province. It is virtually identical with the upper part of the Panjsher Valley and its catchment. A map of the present (2011) administrative divisions of Panjsher Province is provided by the link below. Note that Bazarak and Rukha towns are located in Unaba District, and not in Bazarak and Rukha districts, respectively, as the district names suggest. Also note that Bazarak town is erroneously indicated on the Google map at the place of Barak village.

Mineral occurrences in this province are predominantly pegmatites and emerald-bearing quartz-ankerite veins, hosted in Ordovician rocks. Please note that the emerald mines are not in pegmatites. Thus, specimens without a specific mine name given should be listed as coming from Panjsher Province, not from the Panjsher valley pegmatite field.

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

Albite Andradite Ankerite Beryl var: Emerald 'Biotite'

Calcite Cassiterite Chalcopyrite 'Columbite-Tantalite' 'Garnet' Hematite

'Limonite' Muscovite Phlogopite Pyrite Quartz var: Amethyst

Schorl Siderite Spodumene 'Tourmaline'

22 entries listed. 15 valid minerals.

Localities in this Region

Afghanistan Panjsher Province (Panjsheer Province; Panjshir Province; Panjsher Valley; Panjshir Valley) Bazarak District Bakhi Mine (Dahane Revat Mine) Butak Mine Buzmal Mine (Buzmul Mine; Bizmal Mine; Dashti Rewat Mine) Dah-Mikeni Mine (Mikeni Mine) Durnama Fe deposit Hisa-i-Awali Cu occurrence (Hes-i-Awali) Kamar Safed (Kamar Saphet) Khenj Mine (Dah-Khenj Mine; Dar Khenj Mine) Panjsher valley pegmatite field Manjadar pegmatites (Manjyadar) Rewat emerald occurrence (Riwat) Unnamed Zn occurrence Dara District Hisa-i-Duwum Fe occurrence (Hesa-i-Bowum)

Afghanistan Panjsher Province (Panjsheer Province; Panjshir Province; Panjsher Valley; Panjshir Valley) Khinj District Chukri-Naw Fe-Ag occurrence Darun Mine Nukra-Khana Fe deposit Tele Panjsher Fe deposit Paryan District Parian amethyst locality Rukha District Unnamed Cu occurrence Unaba District Bazarak Mine Panjsher valley pegmatite field Awshoba pegmatites Parandeh pegmatites Tambana Mine (Tambona Mine)

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