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Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan

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.

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.




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


Mineral List:
Actinolite
'Adularia'
Albite
var: Cleavelandite
Allanite-(Ce)
'Apatite'
Apatite-(CaF)
Aragonite
Axinite-(Fe)
Baryte
Beryl
var: Aquamarine
var: Goshenite
var: Morganite
Biotite
Calcite
Cassiterite
Clinozoisite
Columbite
Diopside
Dolomite
Elbaite
Epidote
'Feldspar Group'
Fluorite
'Garnet Group'
Hematite
Herderite
Hydroxylherderite
Ixiolite ?
'Mica Group'
Microcline
Muscovite
Orthoclase
Phenakite
Prehnite
Quartz
Rutile
'Scapolite Group'
Scheelite
Schorl
Siderite
Spessartine
Stellerite
Tantalite-(Mn)
Titanite
Topaz
'Tourmaline'
Triplite
Väyrynenite
Vesuvianite
Viitaniemiite
Wodginite ?
Zircon
Zoisite


116 entries listed. 42 valid minerals.

Localities in this Region:
Pakistan
 
  • Northern Areas
    • Baltistan
      • Skardu District
        • Shigar Valley

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