Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Balochistan, Pakistan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 90
Youngest recorded age at locality: 11

mindat Locality ID: 16258
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16258.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Balochistan, Pakistan": 50
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 33

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Chagai District
Kalat District
Kharan District
Khuzdar District
Killa Saifullah District
Lasbela District
Loralai District
Quetta District
Zhob District

Latitude: 30°11'44"N
Longitude: 67°8'3"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.195555555556,67.134166666667

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Amphibole	Aragonite	Artinite	Axinite	Baryte	Brochantite	Brookite	Brucite
Calcite	Caledonite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore
Digenite	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Linarite	Malachite
Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pectolite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Titanite
Tourmaline	Vesuvianite	Wurtzite

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 As Au B Ba C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Sr Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: O S Sr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amphibole Aragonite Artinite Axinite Baryte Brochantite Brookite Brucite
Calcite Caledonite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore
Digenite Enargite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Linarite Malachite
Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pectolite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Talc Titanite
Tourmaline Vesuvianite Wurtzite

81 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anatase ()*	Andradite ()*
Anhydrite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Artinite ()*	Axinite-(Fe) ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Borcarite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Brookite ()*	Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Celestine ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Chromite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Delafossite ()*	Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Huntite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Linarite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Magnesiochromite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Molybdite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Neotocite ()*	Pectolite ()*	Periclase ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*
Siderite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Talc ()*
Tenorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wulfenite ()*
Zoisite ()*

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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	23	19	3	95286,95299,95311	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	23	19	4	95282,95286,95299,95300	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	12.1	11	1	95285	966
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			6	95282,95289,95295,95297,95300,95301	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			2	95303,95304	1534
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	23	19	2	95283,95286	1588
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	95329	708
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	95305	3250
Artinite ()*	Artinite	Mg₂(CO₃)(OH)₂·3H₂O			1	95305	75
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂			2	95297,95312	260
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	23	19	2	95283,95286	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			2	95294,95311	11547
Borcarite ()*	None	Ca₄MgB₄O₆(CO₃)₂(OH)₆			1	95305	6
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	23	11	3	95283,95285,95286	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	23	19	1	95286	1633
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂			7	95282,95289,95295,95297,95300,95301,95302	700
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂			3	95295,95305,95313	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			10	95293,95294,95295,95300,95305,95317,95318,95319,95320,95329	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	23	19	1	95286	359
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	90	11	0		1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	23	19	1	95286	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	23	11	5	95283,95284,95285,95286,95290	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	23	11	5	95283,95284,95285,95286,95291	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈			1	95299	577
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	90	90	5	95282,95297,95311,95322,95329	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	21	21	2	95283,95288	3531
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			3	95295,95313,95329	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			2	95295,95329	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	95311	1025
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	21	21	1	95283	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	23	11	3	95283,95285,95286	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	23	11	3	95283,95285,95286	2970
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂	23	19	2	95283,95286	144
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	23	19	1	95286	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	95329	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			2	95305,95329	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	21	21	1	95283	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	90	14.9	8	95283,95284,95286,95295,95299,95300,95311,95321	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			7	95293,95294,95295,95317,95318,95319,95320	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)			1	95329	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	23	19	2	95283,95286	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	23	14.9	3	95283,95284,95286	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	23	19	2	95283,95286	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	23	11	3	95285,95286,95290	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	23	11	4	95282,95283,95285,95286	14640
Huntite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaMg₃(CO₃)₄			1	95305	69
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O			2	95305,95313	341
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	95329	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	23	11	3	95283,95285,95286	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	23	11	3	95283,95285,95286	5591
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	23	19	1	95286	987
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	95329	359
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄	90	90	1	95322	311
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			3	95305,95311,95329	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	23	14.9	8	95283,95284,95286,95295,95298,95299,95300,95329	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	23	14.9	5	95283,95284,95286,95288,95290	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)			1	95311	770
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	23	19	2	95283,95286	5800
Molybdite ()*	None	MoO₃	12.1	11	1	95285	140
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	23	19	2	95283,95286	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	23	11	3	95284,95285,95286	17380
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)	23	19	2	95283,95286	186
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)			1	95329	363
Periclase ()*	Rocksalt	MgO			1	95305	114
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	95295	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	23	11	5	95283,95284,95285,95286,95291	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	23	19	2	95283,95286	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	23	19	13	95282,95286,95288,95289,95295,95297,95299,95300,95301,95302,95311,95316,95326	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	23	19	5	95282,95283,95286,95289,95295	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	95303	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	23	19	1	95286	6417
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	95295	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	23	19	2	95283,95286	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			1	95329	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	23	19	2	95286,95313	3337
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	21	21	1	95283	1101
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			4	95295,95298,95299,95300	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	95329	2562
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	90	90	1	95321	1395
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	23	19	2	95286,95288	1655
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	23	19	1	95286	1025

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	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
PorphCu-00517	21	21	21	Anhydrite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Delafossite, Enargite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Rutile, Sphalerite, Tenorite, Neotocite	Cu	206910	Dasht-e-Kain Cu-Mo Deposit, Chagai District, Balochistan, Pakistan	Dasht-e-Kain	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00518	14.9	14.9	14.9		Cu	206911	Koh-i-Dalil Cu Deposit, Chagai District, Balochistan, Pakistan	Koh-i-Dalil	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00636	12.1	11	12.1–11	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Hematite, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Pyrite	Cu	209839	Reko Diq Cu-Au Deposit, Chagai District, Balochistan, Pakistan	Reko Diq	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00516	23	19	23–19	Actinolite, Cerussite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, Delafossite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Siderite, Neotocite	Cu	206908	Saindak Cu Deposit (Saindaq), Chagai District, Balochistan, Pakistan	Saindak	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
Cr-00065	90	90		Chromite, Magnesiochromite	Cr	242627	Zhob Valley, Quetta District, Balochistan, Pakistan		Stowe (1994)	10.2113/gsecongeo.89.3.528	EG89_528

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060194	Dalbandin, Chagai District, Balochistan, Pakistan	https://rruff.info/R060194
R060277	Taftan, Chagai District, Balochistan, Pakistan	https://rruff.info/R060277
R050591	Taftan, Chagai District, Balochistan, Pakistan	https://rruff.info/R050591
R100025	Kharan District, Balochistan, Pakistan	https://rruff.info/R100025
R110129	Quetta District, Balochistan, Pakistan	https://rruff.info/R110129

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