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| 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. |
| Beryl | Feldspar | Fluorite | None | Topaz | Tourmaline |
| Albite (*) | Beryl (*) | Elbaite (*) | Fluorite (*) | Microcline (*) |
| Schorl (*) | Topaz (*) |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albite (*) | Feldspar | Na(AlSi3O8) | 55 | 4.5 | 0 | 8803 | |
| Beryl (*) | Beryl | Be3Al2Si6O18 | 55 | 4.5 | 0 | 4286 | |
| Elbaite (*) | Tourmaline | Na(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) | 55 | 4.5 | 0 | 520 | |
| Fluorite (*) | Fluorite | CaF2 | 55 | 4.5 | 0 | 9617 | |
| Microcline (*) | Feldspar | K(AlSi3O8) | 55 | 4.5 | 0 | 4924 | |
| Schorl (*) | Tourmaline | NaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) | 55 | 4.5 | 0 | 2705 | |
| Topaz (*) | Topaz | Al2SiO4F2 | 55 | 4.5 | 0 | 1476 |
| Age ID | Locality Notes |
|---|---|
| AJG8_9877_001 | The Dassu orthogneiss hosts many pegmatites, Gilgit is the location of several of these pegmatites |
| AJG8_9877_002 | The Dassu orthogneiss hosts many pegmatites, Gilgit is the location of several of these pegmatites |
| AJG8_9877_003 | Shigar Valley pegmatites |
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AJG8_9877_001 | 7.4 | 6.8 | 7.1±0.3 | Yes | 2530 | Gilgit, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan | Dassu orthogneiss | Agheem et al. (2015) | 10.1007/s12517-015-1900-x | AJG8_9877 | The age of the pegmatites is younger than the Dassu orthogneiss which hosts them, there is no metamorphic overprint on the pegmatites | ||||||||||
| AJG8_9877_002 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 4.7±0.2 | Yes | 2530 | Gilgit, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan | Dassu orthogneiss | Agheem et al. (2015) | 10.1007/s12517-015-1900-x | AJG8_9877 | The age of the pegmatites is younger than the Dassu orthogneiss which hosts them, there is no metamorphic overprint on the pegmatites | ||||||||||
| AJG8_9877_003 | 55 | 50 | 55-50 | age of collision | Yes | 2530 | Gilgit, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan | Shigar Valley pegmatites | Agheem et al. (2015) | 10.1007/s12517-015-1900-x | AJG8_9877 | Trace 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) |
| Sample | Source Locality | Reference URL |
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