Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 55
Youngest recorded age at locality: 4.5

mindat Locality ID: 5420
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5420.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Alchuri (Alchori; Aschudi)
Blue Mine
Chhurka
Hachupa (Hashupi)
Haiderabad
Hurchas (Hurchus)
Kashumal (Kashmal; Koshumal)
Yuno (Yunau; Yunas)

Latitude: 35°34'12"N
Longitude: 75°36'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.57,75.613888888889

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.

Allanite	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Axinite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chlorite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Mica
Natrolite	None	Prehnite	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite	Sodalite	Titanite
Topaz	Tourmaline	Triplite	Vesuvianite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Almandine ()*	Aragonite ()*
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Baryte ()*	Bavenite ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Fluornatromicrolite ()*	Foitite ()*	Genthelvite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Prehnite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*
Spessartine ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*	Tremolite ()*
Triplite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P S Si Sn Ta Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be Bi Ca Ce F Fe H Mn Na Nb O P S Si Ta W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Axinite Baryte Beryl Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chlorite
Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Mica
Natrolite None Prehnite Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Scheelite Sodalite Titanite
Topaz Tourmaline Triplite Vesuvianite Zircon

44 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	55	4.5	3	95397,95398,95404	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	55	4.5	6	95397,95398,95399,95405,95408,95409	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	55	4.5	0		706
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	55	4.5	0		2353
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	55	4.5	1	95397	3250
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	55	4.5	2	95397,95398	260
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	55	4.5	3	95397,95398,95404	11547
Bavenite ()*	None	Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)	55	4.5	1	95397	255
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	55	4.5	6	95399,95401,95405,95406,95408,95409	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	55	4.5	3	95397,95398,95404	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	55	4.5	1	95409	5171
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	55	4.5	2	95402,95404	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	55	4.5	3	95397,95398,95404	1025
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	55	4.5	0		518
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	55	4.5	4	95397,95398,95404,95407	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	55	4.5	1	95397	9895
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	55	4.5	1	95408	520
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	55	4.5	4	95397,95398,95404,95407	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	55	4.5	5	95397,95399,95402,95404,95409	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	55	4.5	2	95408,95409	9617
Fluornatromicrolite ()*	Pyrochlore	(Na_1.5Bi_0.5)Ta₂O₆F	55	4.5	0		13
Foitite ()*	Tourmaline	(Fe²⁺₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	55	4.5	0		75
Genthelvite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Be₃Zn₄(SiO₄)₃S	55	4.5	0		60
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	55	4.5	1	95398	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	55	4.5	2	95397,95404	14640
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	55	4.5	7	95399,95403,95404,95405,95406,95408,95409	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	55	4.5	3	95405,95406,95409	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	55	4.5	1	95398	1236
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	55	4.5	1	95397	2349
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	55	4.5	1	95397	1898
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	55	4.5	7	95397,95398,95399,95400,95404,95405,95409	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	55	4.5	5	95397,95398,95402,95404,95409	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	55	4.5	0		4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	55	4.5	5	95399,95405,95407,95408,95409	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	55	4.5	4	95397,95398,95402,95404	6417
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	55	4.5	0		1214
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	55	4.5	0		211
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	55	4.5	4	95397,95398,95404,95407	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	55	4.5	2	95408,95409	1476
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	55	4.5	1	95398	2562
Triplite ()*	Triplite	Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)F	55	4.5	0		233
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	55	4.5	3	95397,95398,95404	1395
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	55	4.5	1	95397	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	55	4.5	3	95397,95398,95404	1025

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
AJG8_9877_001	The Dassu orthogneiss hosts many pegmatites, Gilgit is the location of several of these pegmatites
AJG8_9877_002	The Dassu orthogneiss hosts many pegmatites, Gilgit is the location of several of these pegmatites
AJG8_9877_003	Shigar Valley pegmatites

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age Interpret	Age from other Locality	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
AJG8_9877_001	7.4	6.8	7.1±0.3		Yes	2530	Gilgit, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan	Dassu orthogneiss	Agheem et al. (2015)	10.1007/s12517-015-1900-x	AJG8_9877	The age of the pegmatites is younger than the Dassu orthogneiss which hosts them, there is no metamorphic overprint on the pegmatites
AJG8_9877_002	4.9	4.5	4.7±0.2		Yes	2530	Gilgit, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan	Dassu orthogneiss	Agheem et al. (2015)	10.1007/s12517-015-1900-x	AJG8_9877	The age of the pegmatites is younger than the Dassu orthogneiss which hosts them, there is no metamorphic overprint on the pegmatites
AJG8_9877_003	55	50	55-50	age of collision	Yes	2530	Gilgit, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan	Shigar Valley pegmatites	Agheem et al. (2015)	10.1007/s12517-015-1900-x	AJG8_9877	Trace elements variations place the Shigar Valley pegmatites into syn-collision granite domain. This collision-related magmatism took place when Indian plate collided with the Eurasian plate ~55 to 50 Ma ago (e.g., Molnar and Tapponnier 1975; Petterson and Windley 1985; Beck et al. 1995; Rowley 1996; Bignold and Treloar 2003; Rehman et al. 2011)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R090008	Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan	https://rruff.info/R090008
R060353	Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan	https://rruff.info/R060353
R060279	Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan	https://rruff.info/R060279
R060743	Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan	https://rruff.info/R060743
R110128	Alchuri (Alchori; Aschudi), Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan	https://rruff.info/R110128
R110127	Alchuri (Alchori; Aschudi), Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan	https://rruff.info/R110127
R060935	Alchuri (Alchori; Aschudi), Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan	https://rruff.info/R060935

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