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:
Swabi District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 365
Youngest recorded age at locality: 335

mindat Locality ID: 303204
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-303204.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Swabi District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Tarbela Dam

Latitude: 34°5'32"N
Longitude: 72°41'7"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.092222222222,72.685277777778

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.

Alunite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Epsomite	Feldspar	Gypsum	Halotrichite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Starkeyite

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Chalcopyrite Corundum Epsomite Feldspar Gypsum Halotrichite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Starkeyite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epsomite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Huntite ()*	Natroalunite ()*	Pickeringite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Starkeyite ()*

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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	365	335	1	95534	8803
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	365	335	1	95534	27198
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	365	335	1	95534	484
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	365	335	1	95534	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	365	335	1	95534	14640
Huntite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaMg₃(CO₃)₄	365	335	1	95534	69
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	365	335	1	95534	128
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	365	335	1	95534	265
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	365	335	1	95534	39462
Starkeyite ()*	Starkeyite	Mg(SO₄)·4H₂O	365	335	1	95534	79

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0001152	MAGMATIC STYLE: Veins and small dykes. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Gabbro, normal and peralkaline granite, albitite, melteigite and albite-carbonate rocks.

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
	Jen_0001152	365	335	350±15	K-Ar			hornblende							303205	Tarbela Dam, Swabi District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan	Tarbela	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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