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Aregh Batur Pyandza Yakkeh Tut Shah Darrah Imam Nazar Qezel Pogranichnaya o Kashkakum Yashlar Mazar . This map is a collaboration of the U.S. Geological Survey Mineral Resources S. Kurlugi Qara Tepa Khan Tepa Feyzabad . Aktau (Karki) Khvajeh Dudwan Team with the Oil and Gas Working Group of the Afghanistan Ministry of Mines Imam Nazar Termez Dashti Qala C Amu Darya Khoja Qara Dum is- Kukhijilaji Keleft I (Kara Adyr) . Jeyran Basez . Aregh Batur Kazian Nawabad and Industry, it depicts the petroliferous regions of Afghanistan that define K Mary-Serakh Molodezhnaya 11540105 Sanduqli Tash Guzer Khana . . o S. Qara Tepa Keleft II (Kelif Kol) Geologic Provinces and Total Petroleum Systems and Assessment Units used in an p ession W. Sergmod O Altyn Tepa . Buryutau Men Chuqur et r bruch Akin S. Kum Sar Rostaq 37° ev Qowrchanghi Khvajeh assessment of the oil and gas resources of Afghanistan. D ep Dep 11540106 Qarchi Gak Kocha Kum D ression S. Sanduqli Kaldar Taghan Qara Dum I Rustaq ag Zone of Highs 11560102 (Kohi Kum) Majar Kokchin Krasnaya Zvezda Nichka Gozar F Sergmod . o ghab S. Tash Guzer Graben r r List of Geologic Provinces, Total Petroleum Systems, and Assessment Units edeep u Qara Dum II Kok Safi Angur Tepa (Quraish Tepa) Kheyrabad Mohammed Sekhtali M Jila-Jin Qorghan Jangali Kalan Jar Qeshlaq Shiramkuin . . . Barmazit Jandager Kushturmulli Sekhkuduk (Gagarin) Dagar . . I Gunj Marsorakh Qipchaq Takhan . . Aq cha . . . 1154 Amu Darya Basin Province 37° . o Goreh Quduq Ambar W. Kurtamash . Ishpola Maidan North Afghan . Khan Abad Kur ukbeli . Model 1 . Alti Bulaq And Chekh Che 11560201 Bardakh 11560202 Totimaidan k Kortamash Quduqe . Taloqan Elftaw 115401 Amu Darya Jurassic-Cretaceous Total Petroleum System ho . ... Elan Ghach Gurgi Tepa Konduz Qunduz.. y U . Bashi Kurd Akhchi Aq Cha Aita Tepa .... . Daryeazkadyr pli . . . Etym Tag Peschan E. Balkh Balkh Aq Bulak f . . . . Mazar i Sharif . Shah Ibel Koltoshor t . Barbulak Qunduz 11540105 Afghanistan Jurassic Evaporite Basin Aq Gusar . W. Juma . . . Kholm W. Shor Cha ...... Beshkok Mazar i Sharif Abjaduzi Shamar Khoyr Abad (Kortau) Khanabad Shor Cha . . . . Maranjan ...... Pashmi Qaleh Sultan Kot Bardakh I Subsalt Carbonates Assessment Unit Rabat Mirazalum Juma ...... Alli Mughul Ali Sher . Shah Moli Ogol ...... Gholmala ...... Emam Saheb . Chakhing (East Shah Ibal) . Assk ...... Cheshmagozar Abjaduzi ... Serakhs . . Shiberghan Dosti . ... . Qarawol Tepa Tashkurgan .Bidak Shakarak . . .. Chelkuduk . Guri Murad E. Qara Batur Qeshlaq Khwaja Mod . S. Teshaktash . . . . 11560101 Shibogli E. Shibogli Namak Ab 11540106 Afghanistan Jurassic Evaporite Basin North Karabil-Dauletabad Depression Chakan Golda .. . Qara Sai . . Sayyad Baghlanak Qaracha .. Qara Batur Qeshlaq Khwaja Kan N. Jar Quduq . Shakargol . Beizon . W. Qara Batur Qeshlaq Shurob Jar Tiba Suprasalt Anticlines Assessment Unit Tikarlik (Chordar) ...... Shordarai Koshtangi Bolaq Khilai Sai Deh Malik ...... Khuja Goger Dak Dashtimod Chuchal ... . Baian Kelty Sai Katytakalar Marmul Pir Nakhchir K Kizbi Sai . .. . . Khuja Bulan Awgonak Qara Batur o Khwaja Quduq Jer Koduq...... Ghur p ...... Dehsadai Shahid Sai 11540107 Afghanistan Jurassic Evaporite Basin Margin Assessment Unit et . Darya Kunduz . Khemeshli Beshkomar Garmali Yakrowya Gawhar D 1154 Khazrat Sultan Eastern Jar Quduq .S. Khemeshli ag Shirin Kalan Jiorok Sai Aq Qol Namad Say Isan Sai Zegdali . 115402 Kalaimor-Kaisar Jurassic Total Petroleum System Kok Sai Saidabad Qara Taw Saur Iskhan Makhab Domushori Jar Amu Darya Basin Qudugh Li Shor i Khurd S. Gawhar Badam Faiz Abad Khojisai . N. Chadar Tepa Chagkhai . Ravda Sai Gul Tepe Uzun Quduq Machili Bay Saqal 11540201 Afghanistan Kushka Zone Assessment Unit Sheram Darya Band . Nai Maidan N. Kariz Chadar Tepa .Baghlan 1 Eastern Qandahari Badkyz-Karabil Uplift Jalaier Qarai Lu Qara Kol (Kalbulak) Malashor Aq. Sai Saripul Kaltar . Gabar Western Qandahari Qandahari . Surkhak . E. Angut S. Chadar Tepa Mundokh Western Mangal Ateh Khan Khwaja Zamrad Sai Bazar Kami . .. . . W. Malashor . Saripul ...Angut Qezel Kariz Akhanimar 1156 Afghan - Tajik Basin Province Katambi ...... Shirkoi E. Mundokh Qala . W. Bazar Kami . Jengeshka . Turki Chen. Sheram Kurukbeli Arch . Shorabin . Sanduk Aq Darya .. . Kariz Mazar Yangi Qaleh Katalarpat Khan Gha Qush Qara . .... Sazai Qala 115601 Afghan - Tajik Jurassic Total Petroleum System Qara Babi Belan Ghur ..... Suzma . . Baghlan 36° . . ... Aabdan Qalah Oilabad K ...... Darak Tabanak op Khuja Qul . . San Charak . A et II' Qizil Qishlaq Latee Shirob Belbaily . I' 11560101 Afghanistan Subsalt Oxfordian Shelf Assessment Unit n D Arab Bai ticlino ag Takhta Bazar Khwaja Gugert Dag Sufi Kala Dudkash Maimana Step Qezel Kam Gaidaqala North Afghan High Sabzak ria 11560102 Afghanistan Subsalt Basinal Facies Assessment Unit Alli Gul Pol-e Khomri . 36° . Khuja Sepilan 11540107 Maimana 115602 Afghan - Tajik Paleogene Total Petroleum System M esh . ... Jekda lak Explanation khed 11560201 Afghanistan Western Subrasalt Gentle Folds Assessment Unit Khalam Bulak Assessment unit boundary Basin 11540201 Kalaimor-Kaisar Depression Garmak III Sin Hazara Qali 11560202 Afghanistan Eastern Suprasalt Thrusts and Folds Assessment Unit Miranzai Geologic province boundary Bokan Pamakhtu Kulishor Gorak Location of cross-section Kurutu Pain Bokan Kush Zaklin Northern Murghab Tutak Major fault ( Bratash, 1964) Morgunovka Nurbetek Balamurghab Hindu Akrabat South Balamurghab Boundary of petroliferous region Berdyklych Mangan Islim Karachop Afghanistan Boundary of Afghanistan Dashak Chaijin Bande Uzbekistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan . Turkmenistan Tajikistan Tajikistan Mapped Area PogranichnaByaba atag 11560101 11560201 Oil field Area of relative low Qezel Bulag Tumbe Ali Gul S Islim-Turgundi 11540105 11540106 ia Sim Koh Tumbin-Changur kh- Pogranichny-Babatag 11540201 11540201 Jer koduq Gas field Area of relative high Bubak . 11540108 11540108 Charkhak . Kushka Structure used in this study Fault zone Yar Bay Murgur Mugur 11560102 11560202 Gorak Kushka Depression 11540201 11540201 Afghanistan Afghanistan Outcrop of structural basement 35° Afghanistan Other structures Charikar Kachurin Qara Bagh Azim Beg Subsalt Assessment Units Suprasalt Assessment Units Balkh City Bamnat Kushka Doab II Parapamiz Range Bandigandao Map Location 35° . Well Doab . Chashma-i-Sab Jangal . Sample location Guher shad bigum 11540201 Digital compilation o Location for basin-history and petroleum models by Douglas W Steinshouer Luka Sang Khafi Shakara Chashma Lamansky Structural Nose Chor Chashma Qol Haji Tirpul Islamkalan . Ahmad Abad Safedkoh Range . KABUL Shahbash Chaziadin Chazipak Kohihlkah Nayak Razlom Darrah Shakiban Kohizirak Dahanishor Siakhkoh Ghulam Nabi Khan Ghurian Scale 1:750,000 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Kilometers Siad-Kohe Range

34° 61° 62° 63° 64° 65° 66° 67° 68° 69° 70° INTERIOR - GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, DENVER, CO - 2006

Projection Equidistant Conic Central Meridian 66° East 1st Standard Parallel 30° North 2nd Standard Parallel 40° North Datum WGS 1984

Figure 7. Map of northern Afghanistan and surrounding areas showing present-day structural elements; structures mapped by geophysical methods; boundaries of assessment units; and locations of crude oil and natural gas fields, cross sections, collected samples, and profiles used for petroleum-generation models. Data from VNIGNI (2005a; b), Bratash and others (1964), Clarke and Kleshchev (1992), Gustavson Associates (2004), Ivanov and Didura (1978), Ivanov and others (1978), Klochko and Slobodyanyuk (1984), Les'kiv (1991), Melekhin (1973), Melikhov and others (1997), Tulyaganov (1972), Ulmishek (2004), VZG (2004).

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