Regional Report: 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.

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Actinolite - 1, 6

'Adularia' - 2

Albite - 9, 1, 4, 12

'Albite-Anorthite Series' - 5

'Apatite' - 9, 13, 2

Apatite-(CaF) - 1, 4

'Aquamarine' - 9, 4, 12, 13, 11, 5, 8

Aragonite - 1

Axinite-(Fe) - 1, 4

Baryte - 1, 6

Beryl - 9, 4

Biotite - 4

Calcite - 1

Cassiterite - 13

'Cleavelandite' - 12, 13

Clinozoisite - 1

Columbite - 4

Diopside - 1, 6, 7

Dolomite - 1

Elbaite - 4

Epidote - 1, 6, 4, 7

'Feldspar Group' - 11

Fluorite - 9, 13, 8

'Garnet Group' - 4, 13

'Goshenite' - 4, 12

Hematite - 1, 6

Herderite - 12

Hydroxylherderite - 9, 4

Ixiolite - 13

'Mica Group' - 8

Microcline - 4, 13, 8

'Morganite' - 4

Muscovite - 4, 12, 5

Orthoclase - 1, 4, 5

Phenakite - 1

Prehnite - 1

Quartz - 1, 4, 13, 5

Rutile - 1, 13, 2

'Scapolite Group' - 1

Scheelite - 12

Schorl - 9, 4, 13, 11, 5, 8, 7, 3

Siderite - 1, 2

Spessartine - 12

Stellerite - 4

Tantalite-(Mn) - 9, 4

Titanite - 1, 6, 4, 7

Topaz - 9, 4, 12, 13, 5, 8

'Tourmaline' - 4

Triplite - 10

Väyrynenite - 10, 11

Vesuvianite - 1, 6

Viitaniemiite - 4

Wodginite - 13

Zircon - 1, 12

Zoisite - 1, 6

55 minerals listed.

Locality Key

1	Alchuri (Alchori; Aschudi), Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
2	Chhurka, Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
3	Dambudas, Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
4	Dassu (Dasso; Dusso), Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
5	Gone, Dassu (Dasso; Dusso), Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
6	Hachupa (Hashupi), Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
7	Hurchas (Hurchus), Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan

8	Kashumal (Kashmal; Koshumal), Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
9	Mungo (Munyo; Mango), Shigar Valley, Skardu district, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
10	Namlook mine, Dassu (Dasso; Dusso), Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
11	Nyet, Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
12	Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
13	Yuno (Yunau; Yunas), Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan

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