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Locality Name:
Kohistan District (Abasin Kohistan; Indus Kohistan), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan


mindat Locality ID: 31585
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31585.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kohistan District (Abasin Kohistan; Indus Kohistan), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Jijal Complex

Latitude: 35°5'0"N
Longitude: 72°58'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.083333333333,72.966666666667
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: Ag As Au Bi Cr Cu Fe Hg Ni O Pd Pt S Te Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BarringeriteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumCubaniteMarcasiteMeloniteMilleriteNickelineNone
PentlanditePyriteSpinelWurtzite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Atheneite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Cubanite  (*)
Gold  (*)Hessite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Melonite  (*)Merenskyite  (*)Millerite  (*)Moncheite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Temagamite  (*)Tetra-auricupride  (*)
Violarite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Atheneite  (*)BarringeritePd2(As0.75Hg0.25)19548515
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41954855516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS219548527198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41954853902
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3195485802
Gold  (*)CopperAu19548530554
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te195485804
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31954855433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O419548514899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21954855674
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe2195485207
Merenskyite  (*)MelonitePdTe2195485155
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS1954851066
Moncheite  (*)MelonitePt(Te,Bi)2195485133
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81954851512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS219548539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81954859056
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs2195485337
Temagamite  (*)NonePd3HgTe319548524
Tetra-auricupride  (*)NoneCuAu19548530
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S4195485380


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060551Kohistan District (Abasin Kohistan; Indus Kohistan), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistanhttps://rruff.info/R060551

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