Afghanistan Minerals Information System
| Commodity name | Commodity type | Deposit type | Known resource estimates | USGS-AGS assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aluminum | Metals | bauxite | 4,535,000 (bauxite at 50.5 wI. % alumina aud 12 wI. % silica) | Further study recommended |
| Aragonite | Building Materials | dimension stone | 770,000 | Further study recommended |
| Barite | Industrial Minerals | bedded aud vein barite | >151,500,000 I I | Further study recommended |
| Brick clay | Industrial Minerals | clay | >2,200,000 m3 | Further study recommended |
| Celestite | Industrial Minerals | celestite | >> 1,000,000 (at 75 wI. %) | Further study recommended |
| Chromite | Industrial Minerals | chromium oxide | >approx. 200.000 (at about 43 wI. %) | 980,000 (chromium oxide) |
| Copper | Metals | igneous-related, sediment-hosted | 68,500 | 28,469,200 (copper); 724,010 (molybdenum); 682 (gold); 9,067 (silver) |
| Dolomite | Building Materials | building stone | 1,040,000 | Further study recommended |
| Fluorite | Industrial Minerals | fluorspar | >8,791,000 (ore 19 46.69 wI. %) | Further study recommended |
| Glass sand | Building Materials | sand | 110,000 (siliceous sand); 10.900,000 (sandstone) | Further study recommended |
| Gold | Metals | placer, lode | approx. 1,780 kg | Further study recommended |
| Graphite | Industrial Minerals | disseminated flake graphite | >5,000 | 1,050,000 (flake graphite) |
| Halite | Industrial Minerals | evaporite | >No previous estimate | Further study recommended |
| Iron | Metals | igneous-related,sediment-hosted | 2.26 billion (>62 wI. % iron) | Further study recommended |
| Kaolin | Industrial Minerals | residual, sedimentary | 100,000 to 150,000 (clay) | Further study recommended |
| Lazurite | Industrial Minerals | skarn lazurite | 1,300 | Further study recommended |
| Lead and zinc | Metals | igneous-related, sediment-hosted | 90,000 (combined lead aud zinc) | Further study recommended |
| Limestone | Building Materials | building stone, cement and flux | > 500,000,000 | Further study recommended |
| Marble | Building Materials | building stone | 1.3 billion (coarsely crystalline marble) | Further study recommended |
| Mercury | Metals | hot-spring mercury | May contain gold and silver | 32,000 |
| Potash | Industrial Minerals | evaporite | No previous estimate | 27,514,000 |
| Rare-earth elements (REE) | Industrial Minerals | carbonatite | No previous estimate | 1,405,000 (REE), 3,480,000 elements (niobium and phosphorous, (REE)uranium and thorium) |
| Sand and gravel | Building Materials | aggregate | 136,000,000 m3 | Further study recommended |
| Sandstone | Building Materials | building stone | 650,000 (siliceous sandstone) | Further study recommended |
| Sulfur | Industrial Minerals | bedded aud fumerolic | 450,000 | 6,000,000 |
| Talc, asbestos, and magnesite | Industrial Minerals | metasomatic / metamorphic replacement magnesite, ultramafic-hosted talc magnesite | 1,250,000 (talc); 31,200 (magnesite) | Further study recommended |
| Tin and tungsten | Metals | tin veins, tin and tungsten skams and greisen | No previous estimate | Further study recommended |
