Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 55
Youngest recorded age at locality: 4.5

mindat Locality ID: 156274
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156274.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan": 32
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 26

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Bagrot Gah (Bagrote)
Chalt
Gilgit
Hanuchal
Haramosh Mts.
Hispar
Hopar (Hupar)
Hunza Valley
Ishkapul (Ishkapal)
Laila
Sassi (Sasi; Sasli)

Latitude: 36°1'44"N
Longitude: 74°43'52"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.028888888889,74.731111111111
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 C Ca F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O P S Si Sn Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: O Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteAragoniteBerylCalciteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldspar
FluoriteGadoliniteGarnetHumiteLazuliteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPhenakitePyrite
PyroxeneQuartzRutileSapphirineSerpentineSpinelTitaniteTopazTourmaline

42 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Anatase  (*)Aragonite  (*)Augite  (*)
Beryl  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chondrodite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)
Clinohumite  (*)Corundum  (*)Diopside  (*)Elbaite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Ferro-actinolite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Graphite  (*)Grossular  (*)
Hydroxylherderite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Lazulite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Margarite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Norbergite  (*)Paragonite  (*)Pargasite  (*)
Phenakite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Sapphirine  (*)Schorl  (*)Spessartine  (*)Spinel  (*)Titanite  (*)
Topaz  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)554.5895362,95365,95368,95370,95377,95379,95385,953868803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3554.5295362,953672353
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2554.502162
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1953733250
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6991953672060
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18554.51595362,95368,95369,95370,95371,95372,95373,95377,95379,95383,95385,95386,95387,95388,953904286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)99695367,95373,95375,95377,95382,9538627770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2991953685171
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F2195373285
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4554.5195362951
Clinohumite  (*)HumiteMg9(SiO4)4F2195373236
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O3695373,95374,95375,95378,95380,953811797
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6554.5295362,953664135
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)99195367520
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)99295366,953678173
Ferro-actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg2.5-0.0Fe2+2.5-5.0)Si8O22(OH)2554.5195362129
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F554.5695362,95373,95377,95385,95386,953872740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF299895368,95369,95370,95373,95377,95383,95386,953889617
Graphite  (*)NoneC1953732812
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3554.51953621544
Hydroxylherderite  (*)GadoliniteCaBe(PO4)(OH)99395368,95377,95390119
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31953885433
Lazulite  (*)LazuliteMgAl2(PO4)2(OH)2195389232
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O419538914899
Margarite  (*)Mica ClayCaAl2Si2Al2O10(OH)2195373168
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)554.5695362,95368,95373,95377,95379,953864924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2554.51295360,95361,95362,95368,95370,95373,95377,95379,95383,95385,95386,9538717380
Norbergite  (*)HumiteMg3(SiO4)F219537537
Paragonite  (*)Mica ClayNaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2195373247
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2495373,95375,95376,95380313
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)554.5195362326
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2395373,95375,953802273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS219537539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2554.51295360,95361,95362,95368,95370,95373,95377,95379,95382,95384,95385,9538661156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21953605614
Sapphirine  (*)SapphirineMg4(Mg3Al9)O4[Si3Al9O36]195373129
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)554.5895362,95365,95368,95370,95377,95385,95386,953892705
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)3554.5295362,953671214
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O4395373,95375,953801934
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O554.5595359,95362,95364,95370,953734899
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F2554.5795362,95368,95369,95371,95386,95388,953901476
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)99295370,953731025


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
AJG8_9877_001The Dassu orthogneiss hosts many pegmatites, Gilgit is the location of several of these pegmatites
AJG8_9877_002The Dassu orthogneiss hosts many pegmatites, Gilgit is the location of several of these pegmatites
AJG8_9877_003Shigar Valley pegmatites


4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
AJG8_9877_0017.46.87.1±0.3        2530Gilgit, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, PakistanDassu orthogneissAgheem et al. (2015)10.1007/s12517-015-1900-xAJG8_9877The age of the pegmatites is younger than the Dassu orthogneiss which hosts them, there is no metamorphic overprint on the pegmatites
AJG8_9877_0024.94.54.7±0.2        2530Gilgit, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, PakistanDassu orthogneissAgheem et al. (2015)10.1007/s12517-015-1900-xAJG8_9877The age of the pegmatites is younger than the Dassu orthogneiss which hosts them, there is no metamorphic overprint on the pegmatites
AJG8_9877_003555055-50 age of collision      2530Gilgit, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, PakistanShigar Valley pegmatitesAgheem et al. (2015)10.1007/s12517-015-1900-xAJG8_9877Trace elements variations place the Shigar Valley pegmatites into syn-collision granite domain. This collision-related magmatism took place when Indian plate collided with the Eurasian plate ~55 to 50 Ma ago (e.g., Molnar and Tapponnier 1975; Petterson and Windley 1985; Beck et al. 1995; Rowley 1996; Bignold and Treloar 2003; Rehman et al. 2011)
Bradley_2012_017999±0Ar/Ar muscovite   Muscovite  109648Khaltaro (Rayjud; Kaltoro), Haramosh Mts., Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, PakistanKhaltaroMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050167Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistanhttps://rruff.info/R050167
R060799Ali Abad, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistanhttps://rruff.info/R060799

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