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:
Chitral District (Chitral Valley), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

mindat Locality ID: 157456
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157456.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chitral District (Chitral Valley), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Chitral
Lutkho Valley
Miniki Gol

Latitude: 35°59'46"N
Longitude: 71°33'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.996111111111,71.563611111111

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.

Alumohydrocalcite	Beryl	Calcite	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Fluorite	Garnet	None	Orpiment	Pyroxene
Quartz	Scheelite	Titanite	Topaz	Tourmaline

Almandine ()*	Alumohydrocalcite ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Getchellite ()*	Orpiment ()*	Quartz ()*
Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Spodumene ()*	Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*
Väyrynenite ()*

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 As B Be C Ca F Fe H Li Mn Na O P S Sb Si Ti W

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alumohydrocalcite Beryl Calcite Clinozoisite Epidote Fluorite Garnet None Orpiment Pyroxene
Quartz Scheelite Titanite Topaz Tourmaline

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		2353
Alumohydrocalcite ()*	Alumohydrocalcite	CaAl₂(CO₃)₂(OH)₄·4H₂O	0		46
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2	95468,95470	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	95471	27770
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	95471	1025
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	95471	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	95468	9617
Getchellite ()*	None	SbAsS₃	1	95468	19
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	1	95468	511
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	95468,95470,95471	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	95471	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	0		2705
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	1	95468	688
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	95471	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	95468	1476
Väyrynenite ()*	None	BeMn²⁺(PO₄)(OH)	1	95468	15

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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