Dassu (Dasso; Dusso), Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan

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Also spelled Dusso.
A village in the upper Shigar River Valley. Numerous complex granitic pegmatites in the area.

NOTE: there is also a village of the same name along the Gilgit-Skardu road, bordering the Indus River. This location is sometimes referred to as "Haramosh Dassu".

Ref.:
Blauwet, D., Smith, B., and Smith, C., 1997. A Guide to the Mineral Localities of the Northern Areas, Pakistan. Mineralogical Record 28(3), 183-200.
ExtraLapis: 1: 24-32; 34-47.

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

Albite 'Albite-Anorthite Series' Axinite-(Fe) Beryl var: Aquamarine var: Goshenite var: Morganite 'Biotite' 'Columbite'

Elbaite Epidote Fluorapatite Fluorite Galena 'Garnet' Hydroxylherderite Lepidolite Microcline

Microlite Group Muscovite Orthoclase Phenakite Pollucite Pyrite Quartz var: Rose Quartz Schorl

Spessartine Stellerite Tantalite-(Mn) Titanite Topaz 'Tourmaline' Triplite Viitaniemiite

48 entries listed. 25 valid minerals. 1 erroneous literature entry.

Localities in this Region

Pakistan Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas) Baltistan Skardu District Shigar Valley Dassu (Dasso; Dusso) Gone Namlook mine Nivik Bruk Tistung