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Locality Name:
Astore District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 13.01
Youngest recorded age at locality: 6.51

mindat Locality ID: 191076
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-191076.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Astore District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Astor Valley (Astore Valley)
Batwash (Batwashi; Batwash Gah)
Bulbin (Bubind)
Drot Valley

Latitude: 35°32'53"N
Longitude: 74°46'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.548055555556,74.782222222222

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	Analcime	Apatite	Beryl	Beryllonite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Clay	Columbite	Corundum	Feldspar
Fluorite	Gadolinite	Mica	None	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Sodalite	Titanite	Topaz
Tourmaline	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Beryl ()*	Beryllonite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Corundum ()*	Diopside ()*	Dravite ()*	Elbaite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Hambergite ()*	Helvine ()*	Hydroxylherderite ()*
Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pollucite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*
Spodumene ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*	Tremolite ()*
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 Ca Cs F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O P S Si Sn Ta Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Apatite Beryl Beryllonite Cancrinite-sodalite Clay Columbite Corundum Feldspar
Fluorite Gadolinite Mica None Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Sodalite Titanite Topaz
Tourmaline Zircon

26 IMA Minerals at location:

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	13.01	6.51	1	95334	3419
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	13.01	6.51	1	95336	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	13.01	6.51	4	95334,95335,95337,95340	8803
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	13.01	6.51	2	95335,95340	4286
Beryllonite ()*	Beryllonite	NaBe(PO₄)			1	95340	47
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	13.01	6.51	2	95335,95340	5171
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃			1	95338	1797
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	13.01	6.51	1	95334	4135
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	95340	648
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	13.01	6.51	4	95334,95335,95337,95340	520
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	13.01	6.51	2	95335,95340	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	13.01	6.51	1	95335	9617
Hambergite ()*	None	Be₂(BO₃)(OH)			1	95340	81
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	13.01	6.51	2	95335,95340	237
Hydroxylherderite ()*	Gadolinite	CaBe(PO₄)(OH)	13.01	6.51	2	95335,95340	119
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	13.01	6.51	2	95335,95340	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	13.01	6.51	2	95335,95340	17380
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O			1	95340	140
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	13.01	6.51	4	95334,95335,95337,95340	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	13.01	6.51	2	95335,95340	2705
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	13.01	6.51	2	95335,95340	688
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	13.01	6.51	1	95335	211
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	95339	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	13.01	6.51	2	95335,95340	1476
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	13.01	6.51	1	95334	2562
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	13.01	6.51	3	95334,95336,95339	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000281	Sample is collected from the Astor River from a cross-cuting section of leucogranite in the Shengus Gneiss
Giersdorf_00000282	Sample is collected from the Astor River from a cross-cuting section of leucogranite in the Shengus Gneiss

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	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
	Giersdorf_00000281	13.01	12.39	12.7±0.31	U-Pb				PK7				Zircon		5423	Astor (Astore), Astor Valley (Astore Valley), Astore District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan	Astor River	Zeitler et al. (1991)	0278-7407/91/91TC-00168	T10_729
	Giersdorf_00000282	6.89	6.51	6.7±0.19	U-Pb				PK7				Zircon		5423	Astor (Astore), Astor Valley (Astore Valley), Astore District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan	Astor River	Zeitler et al. (1991)	0278-7407/91/91TC-00168	T10_729

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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