Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Astor (Astore), Astor Valley (Astore Valley), Astore District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 13.01
Youngest recorded age at locality: 6.51

mindat Locality ID: 5423
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5423.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Astor (Astore), Astor Valley (Astore Valley), Astore District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 35°22'0"N
Longitude: 74°51'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.366666666667,74.85

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Amphibole	Feldspar	None	Pyroxene	Quartz	Tourmaline	Zircon

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al B Ca Fe H Li Mg Na O Si Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ca Fe H Li Mg Na O Si Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Feldspar None Pyroxene Quartz Tourmaline Zircon

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Diopside ()*	Elbaite ()*	Quartz ()*
Tremolite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	13.01	6.51	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	13.01	6.51	8803
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	13.01	6.51	4135
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	13.01	6.51	520
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	13.01	6.51	61156
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	13.01	6.51	2562
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	13.01	6.51	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000281	Sample is collected from the Astor River from a cross-cuting section of leucogranite in the Shengus Gneiss
Giersdorf_00000282	Sample is collected from the Astor River from a cross-cuting section of leucogranite in the Shengus Gneiss

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Giersdorf_00000281	13.01	12.39	12.7±0.31	U-Pb				PK7				Zircon		5423	Astor (Astore), Astor Valley (Astore Valley), Astore District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan	Astor River	Zeitler et al. (1991)	0278-7407/91/91TC-00168	T10_729
	Giersdorf_00000282	6.89	6.51	6.7±0.19	U-Pb				PK7				Zircon		5423	Astor (Astore), Astor Valley (Astore Valley), Astore District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan	Astor River	Zeitler et al. (1991)	0278-7407/91/91TC-00168	T10_729

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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