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:
Diamer District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

mindat Locality ID: 156272
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156272.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Diamer District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Chilas
Tangir Valley

Latitude: 35°30'0"N
Longitude: 74°34'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.5,74.582777777778

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	Chevkinite	Clay	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyroxene
Quartz	Titanite	Tourmaline	Vesuvianite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Beryl ()*	Chevkinite-(Ce) ()*	Diopside ()*	Elbaite ()*
Ferro-actinolite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*
Schorl ()*	Spessartine ()*	Titanite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Ca Ce F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Beryl Chevkinite Clay Feldspar Garnet Mica None Not in a structural group Pyroxene
Quartz Titanite Tourmaline Vesuvianite Zircon

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	95342,95343	8803
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	95343	4286
Chevkinite-(Ce) ()*	Chevkinite	Ce₄(Ti,Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)₅O₈(Si₂O₇)₂	2	95345,95346	89
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	95342	4135
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	95343	520
Ferro-actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_2.5-0.0Fe²⁺_2.5-5.0)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	95346	129
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	95342	1507
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4	95342,95343,95344,95346	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	95342,95343	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	95342,95343	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	95343	2705
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	95342,95343	1214
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	95346	4899
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	95342	1395
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	95342	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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