Publications & Maps
Minerals
- 2015
- 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 (USGS OFR 2014-1119-A)
- Geologic Map of the Weka Dur Gold Deposit, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan, Modified from the 1967 Original Map Compilation of M.P. Guguev and Others (USGS OFR 2014-1119-B)
- Geologic Map of the Ahankashan-Rakhna Basin, Badghis, Ghor, and Herat Provinces, Afghanistan, Modified from the 1974 Original Map Compilation of Y.I. Shcherbina and Others (USGS OFR 2014-1199)
- Heuristic Economic Assessment of the Afghanistan Construction Materials Sector—Cement and Dimension Stone Production (USGS OFR 2014-1208)
- Characterization of Potential Mineralization in Afghanistan: Four Permissive Areas Identified Using Imaging Spectroscopy Data (USGS OFR 2014-1071)
- Geologic Map of the Shaida and Misgaran Deposits, Herat Province, Afghanistan, Modified from the 1973 Original Map Compilation of V.I. Tarasenko and Others (USGS OFR 2013-1276)
- 2013
- The Mineral Industry of Afghanistan, USGS 2012 Minerals Yearbook - Afghanistan
- Reconnaissance investigation of the alluvial gold deposits in the North Takhar Area of Interest, Takhar Province, Afghanistan (USGS OFR 2013-1180)
- Reconnaissance investigation of the placer gold deposits in the Zarkashan Area of Interest, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan (USGS OFR 2013-1179)
- 2012
- The Mineral Industry of Afghanistan, USGS 2011 Minerals Yearbook - Afghanistan
- The Mineral Industry of Afghanistan, USGS 2010 Minerals Yearbook - Afghanistan
- Lineament Analysis of Mineral Areas of Interest in Afghanistan (USGS Open-File Report: 2012-1048)
- 2011
- Afghanistan's Buried Riches (Scientific American, October 2011)
- Afghanistan Holds Enormous Bounty of Rare Earths, Minerals [Slide Show] (Scientific American, October 2011)
- Summaries and Data Packages of Important Areas for Mineral Investment and Production Opportunities in Afghanistan (USGS Fact Sheet 2011-3108)
- Geologic Map of the Zarkashan-Anguri Copper and Gold Deposits, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan, Modified From the 1968 Original Map Compilation of E.P. Meshcheryakov and V.P. Sayapin (Will R. Stettner; Linda M. Masonic; Thomas W. Moran (USGS OFR 2011-1212)
- Geologic Map of the Khanneshin Carbonatite Complex, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, Modified From the 1976 Original Map Compilation of V.G. Cheremytsin (USGS OFR 2011-1244)
- Geologic Map of the Haji-Gak Iron Deposit, Bamyan Province, Afghanistan, Modified From the 1965 Original Map Compilation of M.S. Smirnov and I.K. Kusov (USGS OFR 2011-1185-A)
- Geologic Map of the Western Haji-Gak Iron Deposit, Bamyan Province, Afghanistan, Modified From the 1965 Original Map Compilation of V.V. Reshetniak and I.K. Kusov (USGS OFR 2011-1185-B)
- Notes on Interpretation of Geophysical Data Over Areas of Mineralization in Afghanistan (USGS OFR 2011-1258)
- Summaries of Important Areas for Mineral Investment and Production Opportunities of Nonfuel Minerals in Afghanistan (USGS OFR 2011-1204)
- Technique for Estimation of Streamflow Statistics in Mineral Areas of Interest in Afghanistan (USGS OFR 2011-1176)
- Identification of Mineral Resources in Afghanistan - Detecting and Mapping Resource Anomalies in Prioritized Areas Using Geophysical and Remote Sensing (ASTER and HyMap) Data (USGS OFR 2011-1229)
- Mineral Resource Information Packages
- Rare Earth Element Mineralogy, Geochemistry, and Preliminary Resource Assessment of the Khanneshin Carbonatite Complex, Helmand Province, Afghanistan (USGS Open-File Report 2011-1207)
- The Mineral Industry of Afghanistan, USGS 2009 Minerals Yearbook - Afghanistan
- Topographic and Hydrographic GIS Dataset for the Afghanistan Geological Survey and U.S. Geological Survey 2010 Minerals Project (USGS Data Series 624)
- An Analysis of the Published Mineral Resource Estimates of the Haji-Gak Iron Deposit, Afghanistan. Natural Resources Research, 20: 329 - 353
- 2010
- 2009
- 2007
- Preliminary Non-Fuel Mineral Resource Assessment of Afghanistan (USGS OFR 2007-1214)
- Preliminary Assessment of Non-Fuel Mineral Resources of Afghanistan (USGS Fact Sheet 2007-3063)
- Preliminary Mineral Resource Assessment of Selected Mineral Deposit Types in Afghanistan (USGS OFR 2007-1005)
- The Mineral Industry of Afghanistan, USGS 2006 Minerals Yearbook - Afghanistan
- The Mineral Industry of Afghanistan, USGS 2005 Minerals Yearbook - Afghanistan
- Mapping Phyllic and Argillic-Altered Rocks in Southeastern Afghanistan using Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) Data (USGS OFR 2007-1006)
- 2006
- Geology, Water, and Wind in the Lower Helmand Basin, Southern Afghanistan (USGS Scientific Investigations 2006-5182)
- Aeromagnetic Survey in Western Afghanistan: A Web Site for Distribution of Data (USGS OFR 2006-1325)
- Aeromagnetic and Gravity Surveys in Afghanistan: A Web Site for Distribution of Data (USGS OFR 2006-1204)
- Geologic and Mineral Resource Map of Afghanistan (USGS OFR 2006-1038)
- Petroleum Resource Potential GIS of Northern Afghanistan (USGS OFR 2006-1179)
- 2005
- Emerald deposits of the Panjsher Valley, Afghanistan—preliminary assessment of geologic setting and origin of the deposits (full resolution) (USGS Administrative Report 2005, Afghanistan Project Product No. 038)
- Assessing the Coal Resources of Afghanistan (USGS Fact Sheet 2005-3073)
- 2002