Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Basha Valley (Basha Nala; Basna), Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 7.7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 3.79

mindat Locality ID: 5711
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5711.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Basha Valley (Basha Nala; Basna), Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Arondu (Arundu; Arandu)
Bien
Bisil
Chutran (Chu Tron)
Dogoro
Doko
Niaslo (Nieosla; Niesolo)
Phuldo

Latitude: 35°47'53"N
Longitude: 75°23'34"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.798055555556,75.392777777778

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	Beryl	Calcite	Chevkinite	Clay	Columbite	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite
Garnet	Mica	None	Quartz	Rutile	Stibnite	Titanite	Topaz	Tourmaline

Albite ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Chevkinite-(Ce) ()*	Corundum ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hübnerite ()*	Microcline ()*
Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*
Siderite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Stibnite ()*	Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*
Tremolite ()*

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 Ce F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Sb Si Ti W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Beryl Calcite Chevkinite Clay Columbite Corundum Feldspar Fluorite
Garnet Mica None Quartz Rutile Stibnite Titanite Topaz Tourmaline

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			3	95414,95417,95418	8803
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			3	95413,95416,95417	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	95412	27770
Chevkinite-(Ce) ()*	Chevkinite	Ce₄(Ti,Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)₅O₈(Si₂O₇)₂			1	95412	89
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃			1	95414	1797
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			1	95418	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	95418	9617
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	95418	14640
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)			1	95412	469
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			2	95412,95414	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	95414	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	95418	2349
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			5	95412,95414,95416,95417,95418	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	7.7	3.79	2	95412,95415	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	7.7	3.79	4	95414,95415,95417,95418	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	7.7	3.79	1	95415	6417
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	95418	1214
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	95417	3418
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	95412	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂			3	95414,95417,95419	1476
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	95418	2562

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000286	Sample collected close to the village of Hemasil, adjacent to the Chutrun mountains
Giersdorf_00000287	Sample collected close to the village of Hemasil, adjacent to the Chutrun mountains
Giersdorf_00000288	Sample collected close to the village of Hemasil, adjacent to the Chutrun mountains

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Num	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Giersdorf_00000286	7.7	4	7.7-4	Ca/K	Age sets a maximum constraint on the age of peak volcanism in the area to no more than 9 Ma	TK505	156936	Chutran (Chu Tron), Basha Valley (Basha Nala; Basna), Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan	Chutrun	Villa et al. (1996)	10.1016/0040-1951(96)00086-8	T260_201
Giersdorf_00000287	4.17	3.81	3.99±0.18	Ar-Ar	Age sets a maximum constraint on the age of peak volcanism in the area to no more than 9 Ma	TK505	156936	Chutran (Chu Tron), Basha Valley (Basha Nala; Basna), Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan	Chutrun	Villa et al. (1996)	10.1016/0040-1951(96)00086-8	T260_201
Giersdorf_00000288	4.05	3.79	3.92±0.13	Ar-Ar		TK506	156936	Chutran (Chu Tron), Basha Valley (Basha Nala; Basna), Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan	Chutrun	Villa et al. (1996)	10.1016/0040-1951(96)00086-8	T260_201

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R090015	Basha Valley (Basha Nala; Basna), Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan	https://rruff.info/R090015
R060282	Arondu (Arundu; Arandu), Basha Valley (Basha Nala; Basna), Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan	https://rruff.info/R060282
R060419	Arondu (Arundu; Arandu), Basha Valley (Basha Nala; Basna), Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan	https://rruff.info/R060419
R070145	Niaslo (Nieosla; Niesolo), Basha Valley (Basha Nala; Basna), Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan	https://rruff.info/R070145

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