Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan

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The Shigar River is a tributary to the Indus River, joining at the town of Skardu. The Basha and Braldu rivers are northern tributaries of the Shigar. Numerous complex granitic pegmatites and a few alpine-cleft metamorphic deposits are found in the Shigar Valley and its tributaries. Shigar Valley contains the Main Karokoram Thrust separating the metasediments (chlorite to amphibolite grade) on the Asian plate from the southern volcanoclastic rocks of the Kohistan-Ladakh island arc.

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Actinolite Albite var: Cleavelandite 'Albite-Anorthite Series' Allanite-(Ce) Almandine Amphibole Supergroup var: Byssolite Andradite ? 'Apatite' Aragonite Autunite Axinite-(Fe) Baryte Beryl var: Aquamarine var: Goshenite var: Morganite 'Biotite'

Calcite Cassiterite 'Clay' Clinochlore Clinozoisite 'Columbite' Columbite-(Fe) Diopside Dolomite Elbaite Epidote Ferrowodginite Fluorapatite Fluorite Fluornatromicrolite Galena 'Garnet' Gypsum Hematite

Herderite ? 'Herderite-Hydroxylherderite Series' Hydroxylherderite 'K Feldspar var: Adularia' Lepidolite 'Mica Group' Microcline Microlite Group Muscovite Orthoclase Phenakite Pollucite Prehnite Pyrite Quartz var: Rose Quartz Rutile 'Sagenite' 'Scapolite Group'

Scheelite Schorl Siderite Spessartine Stellerite Tantalite-(Mn) Titanite Topaz 'Tourmaline' Tremolite Triplite Väyrynenite Vesuvianite Viitaniemiite Zircon Zoisite

88 entries listed. 55 valid minerals.

Localities in this Region

Pakistan Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas) Baltistan Skardu District Shigar Valley Alchuri (Alchori; Aschudi) Alchuri Alpine Vein Locality Alchuri Pegmatite Localities Blue mine Chhurka Dambudas Dassu (Dasso; Dusso) Gone Namlook mine Nivik Bruk

Pakistan Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas) Baltistan Skardu District Shigar Valley Dassu (Dasso; Dusso) Tistung Hachupa (Hashupi) Hachupa Epidote Locality Hachupa pegmatites Hurchas (Hurchus) Kashumal (Kashmal; Koshumal) Mungo (Munyo; Mango) Nyet Shah Nassir Peak Yuno (Yunau; Yunas)

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