Geologic map of metallic and nonmetallic mineral deposits, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan, modified from the 1967 original map compilation of G.G. Semenov and others

Stephen G. Peters; Will R. Stettner; Donald P. Mathieux; Linda M. Masonic; Thomas W. Moran

doi:10.3133/ofr20141119A

Geologic map of metallic and nonmetallic mineral deposits, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan, modified from the 1967 original map compilation of G.G. Semenov and others

Open-File Report 2014-1119-A

Prepared in cooperation with the Afghan Geological Survey under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Defense

By: Stephen G. Peters, Will R. Stettner, Donald P. Mathieux, Linda M. Masonic, and Thomas W. Moran

https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20141119A

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Abstract

This geologic map of central Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan, is a combined, redrafted, and modified version of the Geological map of central Badakhshan, scale 1:200,000 (sheet 217), and Map of minerals of central Badakhshan, scale 1:200,000 (also sheet 217) from Semenov and others (1967) (Soviet report no. R0815). That unpublished Soviet report contains the original maps and cross sections, which were prepared in cooperation with the Ministry of Mines and Industries of the Republic of Afghanistan in 1967 under contract no. 1378 (Technoexport, USSR). This USGS publication also includes the gold metallogeny summarized in Abdullah and others (1977) and Peters and others (2007, 2011), and additional compilations from Guguev and others (1967).

Badakhshan Province consists of volcanic, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks of various ages from late Proterozoic to Cenozoic. The rocks are intensively dislocated and cut by intrusions of magmatic rocks. Primary gold occurrences are distinguished in shear zones with hydrothermal alterations or in contact-metasomatic rocks near magmatic intrusions.

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Publication type	Report
Publication Subtype	USGS Numbered Series
Title	Geologic map of metallic and nonmetallic mineral deposits, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan, modified from the 1967 original map compilation of G.G. Semenov and others
Series title	Open-File Report
Series number	2014-1119
Chapter	A
DOI	10.3133/ofr20141119A
Year Published	2014
Language	English
Publisher	U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location	Reston, VA
Description	Report: 39.50 x 55.00 inches
Country	Afghanistan
State	Badakhshan
Datum	World Geodetic System 1984 Datum
Projection	Universal Transverse Mercator projection
Scale	100000
Online Only (Y/N)	Y
Additional Online Files (Y/N)	N
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