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Locality Name:
Dassu (Dasso; Dusso), Braldu Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan


mindat Locality ID: 253690
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-253690.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dassu (Dasso; Dusso), Braldu Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Gone
Namlook Mine
Nivik Bruk
Tistung

Latitude: 35°43'9"N
Longitude: 75°30'43"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.719166666667,75.511944444444
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Bi Ca Cs F Fe H K Mn Na O P Pb S Si Ta Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be Bi Ca Cs F Fe H K Mn Na O P Pb S Si Ta Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeApatiteAxiniteBerylClayColumbiteFeldsparFluoriteGadoliniteGarnet
MicaNonePhenakitePyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltStilbiteTitaniteTopaz
TourmalineTripliteViitaniemiite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Axinite-(Fe)  (*)Beryl  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Fluornatromicrolite  (*)Galena  (*)Hydroxylherderite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Phenakite  (*)Pollucite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)Spessartine  (*)Stellerite  (*)Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)
Titanite  (*)Topaz  (*)Triplite  (*)Viitaniemiite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)395428,95430,954318803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)302353
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)AxiniteCa4Fe2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)20260
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18295428,954314286
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21954289617
Fluornatromicrolite  (*)Pyrochlore(Na1.5Bi0.5)Ta2O6F013
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Hydroxylherderite  (*)GadoliniteCaBe(PO4)(OH)195430119
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1954284924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2395428,95430,9543117380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)02349
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)0326
Pollucite  (*)AnalcimeCs(Si2Al)O6·nH2O0140
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2395428,95430,9543161156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)295428,954312705
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)301214
Stellerite  (*)StilbiteCa4(Si28Al8)O72·28H2O0189
Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Ta2O60211
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F2295428,954301476
Triplite  (*)TripliteMn2+2(PO4)F195429233
Viitaniemiite  (*)ViitaniemiiteNaCaAl(PO4)F3012


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