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Preliminary assessment of non-fuel mineral resources of Afghanistan, 2007.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Series:
- Fact sheet (Geological Survey (U.S.)) ; 2007-3063.
- Fact sheet ; 2007-3063
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mines and mineral resources--Afghanistan.
- Mines and mineral resources.
- Afghanistan.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (4 unnumbered pages)
- Place of Publication:
- [Reston, Va.] : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, [2007]
- Summary:
- 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 2005 and 2007, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) funded a cooperative study by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Afghanistan Geological Survey (AGS) to assess the non-fuel mineral resources of Afghanistan as part of the effort to aid in the reconstruction of that country.
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed July 18, 2008).
- At head of title: Prepared in cooperation with the Afghanistan Geological Survey under the auspices of the U.S. Agency for International Development.
- "October 2007."
- "This report is USGS Afghanistan Project Product no. 158"--Page 4
- Includes bibliographical references (page 4).
- Other Format:
- Preliminary assessment of non-fuel mineral resources of Afghanistan, 2007
- OCLC:
- 182857441
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