Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Quetta District, Balochistan, Pakistan

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

mindat Locality ID: 213908
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-213908.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Quetta District, Balochistan, Pakistan": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Zhob Valley

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Clinozoisite	Epidote	None	Spinel	Vesuvianite

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 Ca Cr F Fe H Mg Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca F Fe H Mg Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clinozoisite Epidote None Spinel Vesuvianite

4 IMA Minerals at location:

Chromite ()*	Epidote ()*	Magnesiochromite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*

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
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	90	90	1	95322	3902
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	90	90	0		8173
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄	90	90	1	95322	311
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	90	90	0		1395

1 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
	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
R110129	Quetta District, Balochistan, Pakistan	https://rruff.info/R110129

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