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DARYA-YE KO

WKCHEH

Darrah-i-So m

Darreh

Darrah-i-Arghanj Khah

Darrah -i- Car Su

Darrah-i-Khambew

Darr ah -i- Lakhs

Darrah -i- Gerd Bed

DARYA-YE KOWKCHEH

Darya-ye Ab-e Davang

DARYA - YE PANJ

Darya - i - Ragh

Darrah -i- Wed Khendab

Darya-ye Ravenj Ab

Darya -i- Zarrin Ab

Darya-ye Ravenj Ab

Darrah-i-Zarnudab

Darrah-i-Zaric Ab

Darrah-i-Kheldeskaw

Darya-ye Seh Ab

Darya-ye Darayem

Darrah-i- Hazara

Darya-ye Ab-e DavangDarrah-i-Som Darreh

DARYA-YE PANJDarrah-i-Khambew

Baghlan

Badakhshan

Takhar

Wardak

Kunduz

Nuristan

Ghazni

Kabul

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Balkh

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PAKISTAN

TAJIKISTAN

68°0'0"E

38°0'0"N

34°0'0"N

36°0'0"N

38°0'0"N

34°0'0"N

70°0'0"E

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Baghlan

Badakhshan

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PAKISTAN

TAJIKISTAN

EXPLANATION

Gold vein

Gold (unknown origin)

Copper skarn

Neogene-Quaternary downwarp

Early Cimmerian step block

Late Cimmerian folding

Early Alpine folding

Late Hercynian folding

Major fault

Badakhshan map area outline

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EXPLANATION

Gold vein

Gold (unknown origin)

Copper skarn

Prospective tract for undiscovered lode gold deposits

Favorable tract for undiscovered lode gold deposits

Permissive tract for undiscovered lode gold deposits

Badakhshan map area outline

Baharak

Malang Ab(2)

Sarsar

Dar Khan-i-Khash

Khash(1)

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Shahr

Wurnel

Dasht-i-Pain

Wuran

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Kulan

Chawush Darrah Khar Chang

Saran

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Woring

Gelaki

Darrah-i-Rast

Pahan

Darrah

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Ab Zuruch

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Khenwar

Petaw

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CENOZOIC MESOZOIC

PALEOZOIC

PALEOZOIC

PROTEROZOIC

DESCRIPTION OF MAP UNITS

STRATIFIED ROCKS

Alluvial deposits (Holocene)—Gravel and sand

Fluvioglacial deposits (Holocene)—Rock debris and sand

Eolian deposits (Holocene to Upper Neogene, undivided)-

Loess and loam

Middle Quaternary to Upper Neogene deposits, 

undivided—Boulder-pebble conglomerate, sandy loam, 

loam, and marl

Alluvial deposits (Upper Neogene)—Gravel, sand, and rare 

boulders

Fluvioglacial deposits (Upper to Middle Neogene, 

undivided)—Rock debris, gravel, sand, rare boulders and 

blocks

Tavil Darra suite (Miocene)—Conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone

Khingow suite (Miocene)—Conglomerate with sandy-limy 

cement, and rare interbeds of siltstone

Turghan suite (Paleogene system, undivided)—Andesite-basalt

Wuran Shahr suite (Upper Jurassic)—Gray, dark-gray, 

organic-rich limestone with fossils

Bulbul suite (Middle and Lower Jurassic, undivided)—Tan 

colored, violet siltstone, sandstone, argillite, limestone, 

coquina 

Shakh Darrah suite (Upper Triassic)—Brown, green-gray, 

gray conglomerate, dark sandstone, siltstone and slate with 

fossils

Pain Shahr suite (Middle to Lower Triassic, undivided)—

Conglomerate-breccia, and marmorized limestone

Yollikhar suite (Permian)—Volcanogenic siltstone, sandstone, 

and conglomerate

Ghun Darra suite (Permian)—Limy siltstone, gray massive 

sandstone and limestone

Safet Darrah suite, upper subsuite (Permian)—Gray-violet 

limestone and conglomerate

Safet Darrah suite, lower subsuite (Permian)—Coaly-clay 

slate and dark-gray limy siltstone with interbeds of sandstone 

and limestone

Sebi Surkh suite, upper subsuite (Permian)—Gray, 

fine-grained, massive, rarely brecciated, limestone; and 

sandstone

Sebi Surkh suite, lower subsuite (Permian)—Siltstone, slate, 

sandstone, and limestone

Halqa Jar suite (Permian)—Amphibolite with interbeds of 

marble, greenstone schist, porphyritoid, and limestone

Paydzabad suite (Permian)—Migmatite, gneiss, schist, 

marble, amphibolite, greenstone schist, phyllite, and 

limestone

Rishab suite (Permian)—Gneiss, quartz-feldspathic-biotite 

schist, quartz-sericite-chlorite schist, sericitized schist, and 

marble

Rabat suite (Permian)—Biotitized quartz-feldspar sandstone, 

quartz-feldspar-biotite schist, sericite-chlorite schist, marble

Zarich suite (Upper Carboniferous)—Slate, and black 

biotitized coaly quartz schist

Shalil suite (Upper to Middle Carboniferous, undivided)-

Gray, dark-gray marble with remains of crinoids

Chehilqan Shar suite (Upper to Middle Carboniferous, 

undivided)—Massive, rarely laminated gray limestone with 

interbeds of siltstone and sandstone

EXPLANATION OF MAP SYMBOLS

Contact—Dashed where inferred

Thrust fault

Gentle, up to 45°

Steep, 45° to 90°

Fault—Dashed where inferred

Horizon of marble and limestone—Dashed where inferred

Dikes of granite-porphyry

Dikes of diabase and gabbro-diabase

Quartz veins

Strike and dip of bedding

Horizontal

Inclined, up to 45°

Inclined, 45° to 85°

Vertical

Overturned

Strike and dip of schistosity

Fossil location

Fauna remains

Flora remains

Non-minable deposit of gold

Ore occurrence—Sample name and number shown where known

Gold

Placer gold

Worked-out placer gold

Area of primitive washing freshet gold

Iron

Lithium

Bauxite

Building materials

Granite

Gabbro-diabase

Limestone

Dolomite

Quartz sandstone

Gravel

Heavy concentrate aureoles

Gold

Cinnabar

Cassiterite

Basobismutite

Heavy concentrates—Sample name and number shown 

where known. Some gold samples show concentration in 

grams per cubic meter in parentheses. Where cinnabar 

content is greater than 10 grains, concentration is shown in 

parentheses

Gold—3 or more grains

Cinnabar—3 to 10 grains

Cassiterite—Rare grains

Basobismutite—Rare grains

Analysis results of dotted channel samples—Sample name 

and number shown where known

Gold—Assay results in grams per ton

trace–0.1

0.2–0.7

2.4–3.3

Copper—Spectral results in percent

1.0

 Molybdenum—Spectral results in percent

0.05–0.08

0.5

Tungsten—Spectral results in percent

0.1

0.5

Bismuth—Spectral results in percent

0.02

0.2

Cobalt—Spectral results in percent

0.03–0.05

Arsenic—Spectral results in percent

1.0 and greater

Analysis results of lump samples—Sample number shown 

where known

Gold—Assay results in grams per ton

trace–0.1

0.2–1.0

Copper—Spectral results in percent

1.0 and greater

 Tin—Spectral results in percent

1.0

Cobalt—Spectral results in percent

0.02–0.05

Arsenic—Spectral results in percent

1.0 and greater

Outline of Weka Dur gold deposit study area

Ephemeral stream

Road; trail

Town or village

Khambel suite (Lower Carboniferous)—Quartz-feldsparbiotite schist, amphibolitized diabase, tuff, tuff-conglomerate, 

 and marble

Changar suite (Lower Carboniferous)—Dark-gray, dirty-gray 

diabase keratophyre, porphyry, albitophyre, with interbeds 

and lenses of tuff, slate and limestone; limestone with 

Lithostrotion fossils in the upper part of the suite

Rahman suite (Lower Carboniferous to Upper Devonian,

undivided)—Dark-gray, brecciated, thickly and thinly 

laminated limestone, with remains of Cyrtospirifer, 

Eomagginifera sp., Dielasma sp., and trilobites

Kuchi suite (Upper Devonian)—Dark-gray, gray, ashy, pink 

limestone, detrital limestone, rare dolomite, and slate. 

Remains of brachiopods, coral, and bryozoans

Kalawch suite (Middle Devonian)—Black, pinkish, yellowish, 

often bituminous, coaly slate with fossils; and limestone

Wular suite (Silurian)—Brownish-yellow, gray, dark-gray, brecciated, marbled limestone; quartz sandstone, siltstone, slate

Sayqan suite (Ordovician)—Blue-green silty sandstone, 

pinkish quartzite with trilobite fossils

Tagarcha suite (Cambrian)—Pink, red, white, greenish 

limestone, dolomite, sandstone, and siltstone

Mar Darrah suite (Upper Proterozoic)—Rhythmic interstratification of pinkish quartz-feldspar sandstone, lilac siltstone with 

ripple marks. Quartz conglomerate and white quartz sandstone 

in the upper part of the horizon

Gul Darrah suite (Upper Proterozoic)—Cream-colored, 

yellowish, light-gray felsic porphyry, ribbon ignimbrite, tuff, 

tuffaceous sandstone. Below: dark anthracitic limestone, 

obliquely laminated limy sandstone. Above: cream-colored 

breccia with admixture of tuffaceous material and limestone

INTRUSIVE ROCKS

Syah Jar intrusive complex (Cretaceous)—Leucocratic 

porphyry granite

Baharack intrusive complex (Cretaceous)—Granodiorite and 

granite

Yaftal intrusive complex (Triassic to Permian)—Cataclastic 

granodiorite, plagiogranite, and diorite

Serpentinite (Permian)

Jawza intrusive complex (Permian)—Granite, granodiorite, 

and gneissic granite

Janga intrusive complex (Permian)—Gabbro and gabbrodiabase

Janga intrusive complex (Permian)—Gabbro-diorite, diorite, 

and plagiogranite

Shangan intrusive complex (Cambrian)—Diabase, gabbro, 

and gabbro-diorite

Dozakh Darrah intrusive complex (Proterozoic)—Graphic 

granite, granosyenite, diorite, and gabbro-diabase

Magnetite

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References

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

OPEN-FILE REPORT 2014–1119–A

USGS Afghanistan Project Product No. 261

Geologic Map of Metallic and Nonmetallic Mineral Deposits, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan, Modified from the 1967 Original Map Compilation of G.G. Semenov and Others

Compiled by

Stephen G. Peters, Will R. Stettner, D. Paul Mathieux, Linda M. Masonic, and Thomas W. Moran

2014

Prepared in cooperation with the 

Afghan Geological Survey

Under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Defense

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SCALE 1:100 000

1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 MILES

CONTOUR INTERVAL 100 METERS

Printed on recycled paper 

Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement 

by the U.S. Government

For sale by U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25286, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225; 

http://store.usgs.gov; 1–888–ASK–USGS (1–888–275–8747)

Suggested citation: Peters, S.G., Stettner, W.R., Mathieux, D.P., Masonic, L.M., and Moran, T.W., comps., 

2014, Geologic map of metallic and nonmetallic mineral deposits, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan, 

modified from the 1967 original map compilation of G.G. Semenov and others: U.S. Geological Survey 

Open-File Report 2014–1119–A, 1 sheet, scale 1:100,000, http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20141119A.

ISSN 2331-1258 (online)

http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20141119A

Topography and shaded relief derived from Advanced Spaceborne 

Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) 30-meter Global 

Digital Elevation Model (GDEM) data, 2009

Hydrography derived from ASTER GDEM data 

Projection and grid: Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM), zone 42 north

World Geodetic System (WGS) 1984 Datum

Cultural data from digital files from Afghanistan Information 

Management Service (http://www.aims.org.af)

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mineral project areas. Area of this report 

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Figure 1.—Northern Afghanistan gold belt, modified from Peters and others (2007), showing 

abundant gold deposits in Badakhshan Province (A). The gold belt is coincident with a zone of late 

Hercynian folding (B).

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INTRODUCTION

This map 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). This unpublished Soviet report 

(no. R0815) contains the original maps and cross sections. The report was 

prepared in cooperation with the Ministry of Mines and Industries of the 

Republic of Afghanistan in 1967 under contract no. 1378 (Technoexport, 

USSR). This work 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.

The unit colors on the map and cross sections differ from the colors 

shown on the original version. The units are colored according to the color 

and pattern scheme of the Commission for the Geological Map of the 

World (CGMW) (http://www.ccgm.org).

This map reproduces the topology (contacts, faults, and so forth) of the 

original Soviet maps and cross sections. Elevations on the cross sections 

are derived from the original Soviet topography and may not match the 

Global Digital Elevation Model (GDEM) topography used on the current 

map. We have attempted to translate the original Russian terminology and 

rock classification into modern English geologic usage as literally as 

possible without changing any genetic or process-oriented implications in 

the original descriptions. The map-unit descriptions are from the original 

Russian map “legend” and the more detailed original stratigraphic column. 

We also use the age designations from the original map.

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1378]. Unpublished data on file at Department of Geological and 

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Survey Open-File Report 2011–1204, 2 vols., 1,810 p. plus 

appendixes on DVD, available at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1204/.

Peters, S.G., Ludington, S.D., Orris, G.J., Sutphin, D.M., Bliss, J.D., and 

Rytuba, J.J., eds., and the U.S. Geological Survey–Afghanistan Ministry 

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