Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

mindat Locality ID: 8339
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8339.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Ahmadabad
Ali Abad
Bari
Chumar Bakhoor
Dorkhan
Fiquar (Fighar)
Ganish
Hassanabad Nala (Hasanabad)
Khaibar
Mandoosh-Bar
Morkhun
Muchara Nala (Muchu Har; Machara; Muchiohul)
Nagar (Nagir)

Latitude: 36°22'19"N
Longitude: 74°40'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.371944444444,74.675555555556

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	Apatite	Aragonite	Beryl	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite
Gadolinite	Humite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Sapphirine	Spinel	Titanite	Topaz
Tourmaline

Albite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Chondrodite ()*
Clinohumite ()*	Corundum ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Graphite ()*
Hydroxylherderite ()*	Margarite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Norbergite ()*
Paragonite ()*	Pargasite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sapphirine ()*	Schorl ()*	Spinel ()*	Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*
Zoisite ()*

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 Be C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca F H Mg Na O Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Beryl Calcite Clay Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite
Gadolinite Humite Mica None Pyrite Quartz Sapphirine Spinel Titanite Topaz
Tourmaline

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	4	95377,95379,95385,95386	8803
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	0		3250
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	6	95377,95379,95383,95385,95386,95387	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	95375,95377,95382,95386	27770
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂	0		285
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂	0		236
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	5	95374,95375,95378,95380,95381	1797
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	4	95377,95385,95386,95387	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	3	95377,95383,95386	9617
Graphite ()*	None	C	0		2812
Hydroxylherderite ()*	Gadolinite	CaBe(PO₄)(OH)	1	95377	119
Margarite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAl₂Si₂Al₂O₁₀(OH)₂	0		168
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	3	95377,95379,95386	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	6	95377,95379,95383,95385,95386,95387	17380
Norbergite ()*	Humite	Mg₃(SiO₄)F₂	1	95375	37
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		247
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	3	95375,95376,95380	313
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2	95375,95380	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	95375	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	95377,95379,95382,95384,95385,95386	61156
Sapphirine ()*	Sapphirine	Mg₄(Mg₃Al₉)O₄[Si₃Al₉O₃₆]	0		129
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	3	95377,95385,95386	2705
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	2	95375,95380	1934
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	0		4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	95386	1476
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050167	Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan	https://rruff.info/R050167
R060799	Ali Abad, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan	https://rruff.info/R060799

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