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:
Salt Range, Punjab, Pakistan

mindat Locality ID: 2539
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2539.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Salt Range, Punjab, Pakistan": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Kalabagh (Kālābagh; Kālābāgh)
Khewra
Shahpur
Warcha Gorge

Latitude: 32°49'26"N
Longitude: 72°17'45"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.823888888889,72.295833333333

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.

Aluminite	Blödite	Gypsum	Kieserite	Langbeinite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rocksalt

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 Cl H K Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aluminite Blödite Gypsum Kieserite Langbeinite None Not in a structural group Quartz Rocksalt

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Aluminite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Blödite ()*	Glauberite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halite ()*	Kainite ()*	Kieserite ()*	Langbeinite ()*	Polyhalite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sylvite ()*	Zaherite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aluminite ()*	Aluminite	Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₄·7H₂O	0		78
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	95555	1588
Blödite ()*	Blödite	Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	4	95556,95557,95559,95561	130
Glauberite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂	1	95557	137
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	95557	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	3	95556,95557,95559	1398
Kainite ()*	None	KMg(SO₄)Cl·2.75H₂O	1	95557	50
Kieserite ()*	Kieserite	Mg(SO₄)·H₂O	1	95557	80
Langbeinite ()*	Langbeinite	K₂Mg₂(SO₄)₃	1	95557	43
Polyhalite ()*	None	K₂Ca₂Mg(SO₄)₄·2H₂O	1	95556	102
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	95555	61156
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	1	95557	275
Zaherite ()*	None	Al₁₂(SO₄)₅(OH)₂₆·20H₂O	0		3

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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