Preliminary assessment of non-fuel mineral resources of Afghanistan, 2007

Afghanistan has abundant mineral resources, including known deposits of copper, iron, barite, sulfur, talc, chromium, magnesium, salt, mica, marble, rubies, emeralds, lapis lazuli, asbestos, nickel, mercury, gold and silver, lead, zinc, fluorspar, bauxite, beryllium, and lithium (fig. 1). Between 20...

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Other Authors: Afghanistan. Department of Geological Survey., United States. Agency for International Development., Geological Survey (U.S.)
Format: Electronic
Language: English
Published: [Reston, Va.] : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, [2007]
Physical Description: 4 unnumbered pages : digital, PDF file.
Series: Fact sheet (Geological Survey (U.S.)) ; 2007-3063.
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Online Access: http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2007/3063/
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS97512