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:
Kaghan Valley, Mansehra District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

mindat Locality ID: 159309
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-159309.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kaghan Valley, Mansehra District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Battakundi
Naran

Latitude: 35°2'53"N
Longitude: 73°46'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.048055555556,73.775833333333

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	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet
Ludwigite	Mica	None	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Talc
Tourmaline

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Corundum ()*	Diopside ()*	Dravite ()*	Epidote ()*
Forsterite ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Katophorite ()*
Ludwigite ()*	Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Omphacite ()*	Pargasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Talc ()*	Vonsenite ()*

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 C Ca Cr Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Garnet
Ludwigite Mica None Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Spinel Talc
Tourmaline

27 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)	1	95494	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	95493,95494	2353
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	95494	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	95493	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	95495	3902
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	95495	1756
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	2	95492,95493	1797
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	95494	4135
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	95493	648
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	95493,95494	8173
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	2	95493,95495	1188
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	95493	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	95493	2812
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	95493	5433
Katophorite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	95494	46
Ludwigite ()*	Ludwigite	Mg₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)	1	95495	134
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	95494	238
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	95495	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	95495	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	95493,95494	17380
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆	1	95494	229
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	95494	313
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	95493	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	95494	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	95493,95494	5614
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	95495	3337
Vonsenite ()*	Ludwigite	Fe²⁺₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)	1	95495	62

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050117	Sapat Gali (Soppat; Suppat; Sumpat; Sumput), Naran, Kaghan Valley, Mansehra District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan	https://rruff.info/R050117

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