Herat Mineral Appearances

Due to its geographical location and geological structure, Afghanistan is among few countries with vast natural resources. These reserves exist in all provinces across Afghanistan, and in order to achieve balanced development, it is a favorable source for sustainable income. And also, the extraction and exploitation of these mines will keep Afghanistan's economic and development cycle keep moving for long time, which itself will lead to the economic growth and development of Afghans.

Herat is located in the north-west of Afghanistan. Herat shares borders with Turkmenistan in the north, Ghor and Badghis provinces in the east, Farah provinc in the south and Iran in the west. According to the National Statistics and Information Authority, Herat’s population is estimated at 2140662.

According to the Geological Survey of Afghanistan and the information obtained by the directorate of Herat Mines Department, Herat province has various natural and mineral appearances, of which 113 areas have been listed in the table below:

List of Herat Mineral appearances:

S.No	Province	Type of Mine	Mine area
1	Herat	Iron	Tagab
2	Herat	Iron	Kost
3	Herat	Iron	Chashma-e-Reg
4	Herat	Iron	Band-e-Sorkh
5	Herat	Iron	Pahlank Sor
6	Herat	Iron	Rod-e-Korokh
7	Herat	Iron	Koh-e-Pod
8	Herat	Copper	Shaida
9	Herat	Copper	Sim Koh
10	Herat	Lead and Zinc	Robat Sapcha
11	Herat	Tin	Fostak
12	Herat	Tin	Band-e-Daira
13	Herat	Mercury	Naik
14	Herat	Baryte	Sanglan
15	Herat	Baryte	Gardan Borida
16	Herat	Baryte	Gulran
17	Herat	Baryte	Zindajan
18	Herat	Phosphorite	Kotal-e-Sabzak
19	Herat	Gypsum	Porolang
20	Herat	Gypsum	Posht-e-Koh
21	Herat	Gypsum	Robat Safcha
22	Herat	Gypsum	Peer Sorkh
23	Herat	Gypsum	Khwaja Jeer
24	Herat	Salt	Namak Sar
25	Herat	Salt	Kawiz Nizar
26	Herat	Travertine and Marble	Arwich wa Margha
27	Herat	Limestone Cement and Marl	Binosh Dara
28	Herat	Pottery clay	Karokh
29	Herat	Pottery clay	Maloma
30	Herat	Carbonated water	Kaltaki
31	Herat	Celsius water	Chishma-e-Awi
32	Herat	Celsius water	Ab Garm
33	Herat	Limestone	Khwaja Jeer
34	Herat	Gypsum	Khwaja Jeer
35	Herat	Construction Material	Anjel
36	Herat	Sand and gravel	North of Pol-e-hashemi
37	Herat	Construction stone	Gazargah-e-Sharif Jar Mazar Shohada
38	Herat	Sand and gravel	Shidai village
39	Herat	Sand and gravel	Shidai
40	Herat	Sand and gravel	Posht-e-Koh-e- Mullah Yaseen
41	Herat	Sand and gravel	Deh- Shaikh
42	Herat	Sand and gravel	Jafar Abad
43	Herat	Marble	Tarsona
44	Herat	Marble	جر سلما و کفتر خانه Jar-e-Salma and Kaftar Khana
45	Herat	Marble	Jar-e-Zamistani
46	Herat	Iron	Ghoryan
47	Herat	Cement raw material	Dara-e-Chartogh
48	Herat	Gold	Anjel
49	Herat	Copper	Naik
50	Herat	Copper	Do Birather
51	Herat	Copper	Tagab Soni
52	Herat	Copper	Mir Ali
53	Herat	Copper	Podar
54	Herat	Copper	Dahna
55	Herat	Copper	Kalmorgh
56	Herat	Copper	Do-sar
57	Herat	Lead and zinc	Tagab Soni
58	Herat	Lead and Zinc	Mir Ali
59	Herat	Lead and Zinc	Shiada
60	Herat	Lead and Zinc	Dakan
61	Herat	Tin	Misgaran
62	Herat	Tin	Tagab Soni
63	Herat	Tin	Band-e-Murad
64	Herat	Bismuth	Naik
65	Herat	Gold	Tagab Soni
66	Herat	Marble	Asfarz
67	Herat	Marble	Chinar Darwish and Bisha
68	Herat	Copper extraction	Shaida village
69	Herat	copper	Qochi Jafar Baik
70	Herat	Iron	North-west of Chah abad
71	Herat	Marble, Alabaster and Travertine	District area
72	Herat	Gold	South-west of the district
73	Herat	Coal	Sabzak mine
74	Herat	coal	Char taq north of Karokh
75	Herat	Coal	Maloma village
76	Herat	Coal	Naik village
77	Herat	Raw material for cement production	Pol-e-Hashemi
78	Herat	Sodium chloride	Namak sar
79	Herat	Magnet	Jwal and Khoshab valleys
80	Herat	Barite	Near Sanglan village
81	Herat	Marble type 2	Chashma-e-Totak
82	Herat	Gypsum	South-east of the district
83	Herat	Gold	East of the district
84	Herat	Oil and gas	Teer-Pul and Ahmad Abad
85	Herat	Oil and gas	Shaikh Bahlol village
86	Herat	Oil and gas	Dihzaroy village
87	Herat	Iron	Vacinity of Herat Province
88	Herat	Lead	Lora and Tora village, west of the district
89	Herat	Iron	Vicinity of the district
90	Herat	Gypsum	Dosh-e-Shakh, east of the district
91	Herat	Gypsum	Robat Tark
92	Herat	Gypsum	Khwaja Jeer
93	Herat	Gypsum	Gachghal
94	Herat	Gypsum	Seya Ab
95	Herat	Gypsum	South-east of the district
96	Herat	Gypsum	Gachgak Posht-e-Koh-e- Mullah Yaseen
97	Herat	Gypsum	Char Awlang
98	Herat	Gypsum
99	Herat	Construction stone	Chila Khana Gazargah Sharif
100	Herat	Construction stone	Chashma Gak Shaidani
101	Herat	Construction stone	Lom Shaidani
102	Herat	Construction stone	Kar Bozak
103	Herat	Sand and gravel	Sar Asyab
104	Herat	Sand and gravel	Kamar Kalakh
105	Herat	Sand and gravel	Saha-e-Dawom Kamar Kalakh
106	Herat	Sand and gravel	Harirrod sea route, Malam bridge
107	Herat	Sand and gravel	Band-e-Pashan
108	Herat	Sand and gravel	Qala-e-Sharbat
109	Herat	Sand and gravel	Robat Sangi district
110	Herat	Sand and gravel	Barna bad
111	Herat	Sand and gravel	Sabol
112	Herat	Copper	Shaida copper
113	Herat	Oil and gas	Potential oil and gas field, Ter-Pul, Herat

References:

General information of Herat province, Independent directorate of local governance, 2018 (https://idlg.gov.af/herat/)
MoMP, Deputy Ministry of Survey and Geology, Herat Mines list
Annals of the country’s population, 1399 - https://www.nsia.gov.af:8080/wp-

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