Coal is primarily located within a Jurassic belt from the northern provinces of Takhar and Badakhshan through the center of the country and towards the west in Herat, according to Afghan Mines Ministry.
The southern regions of Afghanistan is believed to contain large gold deposits, particularly the Helmand Province. There is an estimated $50 billion.
Gem resources in Afghanistan There are four main gemstone producing areas: the Panjshir Valley producing emeralds, the Jegdalek area producing rubies and a range of fancy colored and blue sapphires, Badakhshan producing the world-famous and most recognized of Afghan gems, lapis lazuli, and Nuristan producing a wide.
The total iron ore reserve is estimated to be 2.2 billion metric tons, placing Afghanistan among the top 10 countries in extractable iron.
The Hajigak iron ore deposit, situated in the mountainous Bamyan province, 130 km west of Kabul, is one of several iron deposits within this. Also Ghoryan District of Herat Province has large deposit of iron ore
An Afghan mining sector roadmap published by the ministry in the same year said there were another 28.5 million tons of copper in undiscovered porphyry deposits
Mes Aynak is a site 40 km southeast of Kabul, located in a barren region of Logar Province. The site contains the world’s second largest copper deposit which looms as major revenue source for Afghanistan
According to Mitchell (2008) reports, the total estimated marble deposits in Afghanistan reach over 9 billion MTs. Afghanistan can supply marble to regional and international markets almost for indefinite period of time
There is a wide variety of marble in Afghanistan currently extracted from quarries in Badakhshan, Balkh, Bamyan, Helmand, Herat, Kabul, Kandahar, Logar, Faryab, Wardak, Nangarhar, Paktia, Parwan and Samangan provinces