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Preliminary Assessment of Non-Fuel Mineral Resources of Afghanistan, 2007

http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2007/3063/

Estimates of known and undiscovered copper resources total nearly 60 million metric tons of copper. Iron resources in known deposits total 2200 million metric tons of ore. Twenty mineralized areas meriting further study were identified.

by U.S. Geological Survey
U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2007-3063
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Related topics:
Aluminum, Barium, Building stone resources, Carbon, Chromium, Copper, Economic geology, Fluorine, Gold, Iron, Lead, Mercury, Metallic ores, Natural resource assessment, Potassium, Rare earth elements, Sulfur, Tin, Tungsten, Zinc, Mineral deposit areas
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Afghanistan

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