Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Swat District (Swat Valley), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 29
Youngest recorded age at locality: 29

mindat Locality ID: 14324
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14324.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Swat District (Swat Valley), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Gujar Killi Valley Deposit (Gujar Kili)
Mingora Mining District (Mingora Mine)
Mullah Yusef
Saidu Sharif
Swat

Latitude: 34°49'34"N
Longitude: 72°32'26"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.826111111111,72.540555555556

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	Garnet	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Pentlandite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Talc	Tourmaline

Actinolite ()*	Almandine ()*	Andradite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Antigorite ()*
Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chromium-dravite ()*	Cobaltite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Dravite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Mackinawite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Talc ()*
Vermiculite ()*	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:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Beryl Calcite Clay Cobaltite Garnet Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Pentlandite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Talc Tourmaline

27 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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	95537	3419
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	29	29	1	95545	2353
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			1	95544	1534
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	95537	3092
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	95537	708
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	29	29	7	95536,95537,95539,95540,95541,95542,95545	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	95537,95541	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	95537	3902
Chromium-dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Cr₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	95537	6
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS			2	95536,95537	966
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			6	95536,95537,95539,95540,95541,95542	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	95536	648
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆			1	95537	944
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	29	29	1	95545	1507
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)			2	95536,95537	451
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			2	95536,95537	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	95537	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			3	95536,95537,95542	17380
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS			2	95536,95537	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			2	95536,95537	1512
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	95543	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			2	95536,95537	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			2	95536,95537	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			6	95536,95537,95539,95540,95541,95542	61156
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			5	95536,95537,95539,95540,95541	3337
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	29	29	1	95545	652
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄			2	95536,95537	380

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Bradley_2012_046	29	29	29±0	U/Pb			zircon				Zircon			7936	Swat, Swat District (Swat Valley), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan	[Swat Granite Gneiss]	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

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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