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:
Mingora Mining District (Mingora Mine), Swat District (Swat Valley), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

mindat Locality ID: 13756
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13756.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mingora Mining District (Mingora Mine), Swat District (Swat Valley), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Carrel's Trench
Farooq Mine
Islamia Trench
Mine No. 2
Mine No. 3

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Beryl	Calcite	Clay	Cobaltite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Serpentine	Spinel	Talc	Tourmaline

Actinolite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*
Chromite ()*	Chromium-dravite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*
Mackinawite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Talc ()*
Violarite ()*

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 Co Cr Fe H K Mg Na Ni O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As B C Ca Co Cr Fe H Mg Na Ni O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Beryl Calcite Clay Cobaltite Mica Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Serpentine Spinel Talc Tourmaline

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		3419
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	0		3092
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		708
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	4	95539,95540,95541,95542	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	95541	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	0		3902
Chromium-dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Cr₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	0		6
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	0		966
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	4	95539,95540,95541,95542	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	0		944
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	0		451
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	0		1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	95542	17380
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	0		767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	0		1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	0		9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	95539,95540,95541,95542	61156
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3	95539,95540,95541	3337
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	0		380

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060942	Mingora Mining District (Mingora Mine), Swat District (Swat Valley), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan	https://rruff.info/R060942

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