Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Braldu Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

mindat Locality ID: 156278
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156278.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Braldu Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Apo Ali Gun (Apaligun; Apaligon)
Baha
Byansahpi
Chhappu (Chappu)
Chungo
Dassu (Dasso; Dusso)
Foljo (Folji; Fuljo; Pulji; Phuljo)
Gyaiungu (Goyungu; Goyangu; Goyungo)
Hoh Nala
Nyet (Niit; Niyit; Niyil)
Nyet-Bruk
SW Buspar Peak
Teston (Tigston; Tisgtung; Tekston)

Latitude: 35°42'15"N
Longitude: 75°35'22"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.704166666667,75.589444444444

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.

Amorphous	Analcime	Apatite	Autunite	Axinite	Beryl	Beryllonite	Calcite	Clay	Columbite
Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Garnet	Mica	None	Phenakite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz
Rocksalt	Stilbite	Titanite	Topaz	Tourmaline	Triplite	Viitaniemiite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Autunite ()*	Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Beryl ()*
Beryllonite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Ferrowodginite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Fluornatromicrolite ()*	Galena ()*	Hydroxylherderite ()*	Microcline ()*	Montebrasite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Phenakite ()*	Pollucite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Schorl ()*	Spessartine ()*
Stellerite ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*	Triplite ()*
Väyrynenite ()*	Viitaniemiite ()*	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 Bi C Ca Cs F Fe H K Li Mn Na O P Pb S Si Sn Ta Ti U Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Analcime Apatite Autunite Axinite Beryl Beryllonite Calcite Clay Columbite
Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Garnet Mica None Phenakite Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz
Rocksalt Stilbite Titanite Topaz Tourmaline Triplite Viitaniemiite Zircon

33 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)	13	95421,95422,95425,95427,95428,95430,95431,95434,95436,95437,95438,95439,95440	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	95427	2353
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	2	95436,95438	1272
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	1	95427	260
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	13	95421,95422,95424,95425,95427,95428,95431,95432,95436,95437,95438,95439,95440	4286
Beryllonite ()*	Beryllonite	NaBe(PO₄)	2	95425,95438	47
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2	95425,95436	520
Ferrowodginite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Sn⁴⁺Ta₂O₈	2	95436,95437	16
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	5	95421,95427,95436,95437,95438	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	7	95421,95422,95425,95426,95427,95428,95438	9617
Fluornatromicrolite ()*	Pyrochlore	(Na_1.5Bi_0.5)Ta₂O₆F	1	95427	13
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	95427	24243
Hydroxylherderite ()*	Gadolinite	CaBe(PO₄)(OH)	7	95421,95424,95425,95427,95430,95435,95438	119
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	8	95421,95422,95425,95427,95428,95436,95438,95440	4924
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)	1	95425	200
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	11	95421,95425,95427,95428,95430,95431,95436,95437,95438,95439,95440	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	95438	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	95427	2349
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	2	95421,95427	326
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O	3	95421,95422,95427	140
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	95427	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	12	95421,95422,95425,95427,95428,95430,95431,95432,95436,95437,95438,95440	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	95425	1711
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	10	95421,95422,95427,95428,95431,95436,95437,95438,95439,95440	2705
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	4	95427,95435,95438,95440	1214
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O	1	95427	189
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	2	95425,95427	211
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	95427	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	11	95421,95422,95424,95425,95427,95428,95430,95432,95433,95436,95438	1476
Triplite ()*	Triplite	Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)F	1	95429	233
Väyrynenite ()*	None	BeMn²⁺(PO₄)(OH)	1	95436	15
Viitaniemiite ()*	Viitaniemiite	NaCaAl(PO₄)F₃	1	95427	12
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	95436	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070645	Shah Nassir Peak, Nyet (Niit; Niyit; Niyil), Braldu Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan	https://rruff.info/R070645

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