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:
North Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

mindat Locality ID: 156965
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156965.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "North Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Boya
Miram Shah Tribal Area (Miran Shah; Mirumshah; Miranshah)
Waziristan Ophiolite

Latitude: 32°57'0"N
Longitude: 69°49'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.95,69.830277777778

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.

Braunite	Calcite	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	None	Olivine	Pyroxene	Quartz	Spinel

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 C Ca Cr Fe H Mg Mn O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Braunite Calcite Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote None Olivine Pyroxene Quartz Spinel

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Braunite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*
Forsterite ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	2	95515,95517	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	95511	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	95511	3902
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	95511	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	95511	8173
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	95511	1188
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	95517	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	95511	14899
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	95510,95511,95515,95517	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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