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Granodiorite from
Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan


Locality type:Valley
Classification
Type:Granodiorite
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Granodiorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1016035
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1016035:6
GUID (UUID V4):809551fa-f8de-4cd3-a98e-ce58700090c9
Nearest other occurrences of Granodiorite
14.4km (9.0 miles) ⓘGoyungo, Braldu Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
26.9km (16.7 miles) ⓘTormiq Valley, Haramosh Mts., Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
81.3km (50.5 miles) ⓘKhaplu, Ghanche District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
82.3km (51.2 miles) ⓘAzurite-in-granite occurrence, Khaplu, Ghanche District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
91.0km (56.6 miles) ⓘK2 Peak, Braldu Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Holt (1990) 6 Santa Teresa Mountains, Aravaipa district, Graham County, AZ, USA Santa Teresa Mountains...beryl Moore (2009); Ross (1925) 7 South Platte district, Buffalo Creek, Jefferson County, CO, USA Pikes...(1968); Kunz (1884); Pegau (1929) 10 Petaca district, Rio Arriba County, NM, USA Intrusive into metamorphic...Intrusive into metamorphic rocks, Spruce Pine granodiorite pluton LCT Rare-Element pegmatite in a NYF...(2009); Swanson and Veal (2010) 12 Middletown district, Middlesex County, CT, USA Intrusive into metamorphic
Report (chapter)
Chalt green schist zone 5. Basic intrusives zone 6. Gilgit zone D. References 255 263 264 264 264 264 265...d U ~ Gujhal Dolomite j ~ Axial Karakorum Granodiorite ~ "-7\"0 .'~' ~ g I -4- =t= =~ON~"~ i...overthrusfing Plioc and L. Pleist Age of axial granodiorite (8.6 m.y.) Folding Eoc Mioc Post-datesintrusion...the western Hindu Kush. In the western Karakorum, Gilgit Agency, the basement is represented by Pre-Cambrian...account of some fossils collected in the Shaksgam valley and Aghil range (Desio 1936). The lower formations
Book
surveyor ( B a d Shah Jan of the Survey of Pakistan), both from Pakistan, also joined the stafl. The scientific...Survey, M r . M . Aziztrllah of the Survey of Pakistan, and M r . Javed, a student at the University...Indus river, from Skardu as far west as the Stak valley, and the principal ridge of the Karakorum to the...and Gilgit and eastwards as far as Bagicha. The territory covered in 1955 lies between the Gilgit area...Chogo Lungma and the Sosbun glaciers, and the upper valley of the Hunxa river. The present volunze deals with
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Karakorum Metamorphic complex (Dassu±Askole area, NE Pakistan): exhumation of mid-crustal HT±MP gneisses in...in the Karakorum Range (Shigar and Braldu valleys, North of Skardu, NE Pakistan), building on previous...and Askole domes, Fig. 1) in the Skardu area (NE Pakistan) and then to discuss the possible heat source...(8035-8060m) all rV iga lle ey va Indus y 35°30'N Shigar Bt -M 75°00'E Zone of Himalayan Mio-Pliocene...Jutial Darchan Hi s p -G rt StGr t Gl (7452m) Gilgit BT ld-G Early M2 granites and monzonites (Baltoro
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
gold in the Bagrote and Dainter streams, northern Pakistan: Implications for provenance and exploration Masroor...2016YFC0600106 The Bagrote and Dainter valleys in Gilgit Baltistan Pakistan, belonging to the Kohistan island arc...through glacier to the fluvial system. The Gilgit Baltistan province, dominated by dry temperate climate...glacio‐fluvial, microtexture and chemistry, North Pakistan, placer gold, provenance Geological Journal....gold grains and their Bagrote streams, Gilgit Baltistan Pakistan, with a view to trace the inclusions
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
clinozoisite crystals 6 cm tall, from Hashupa, Pakistan. Both the large crystal and the smaller one have...Hashupa and at Alchuri, in the Shigar Valley, Northern Areas, Pakistan (Blauwet 2006). ‱ Good crystals...niigataite for the type locality, in the Itoigawa-Ohmi district, Niigata Prefecture, in central Japan (Miyajima...in a sample of pumpellyite rock from the Wakasa district, Tottori Prefecture, Japan. The host rock consisted...Similar stacked groups are found in Pakistan. Also from Pakistan, brilliant, lustrous, black sheaflike
Report (chapter)
provides the basis for linking the geology of Pakistan to that of Tibet. The geology of the confluence...block and Eurasia and the strike of the SSZ in Baltistan suggests that the suture zone might crop out north...Saltoro Range or further north along the Saltoro valley. In the few outcrops of the Saltoro block we were...along the same tectonic boundary to the west in Pakistan. The KF represents a much younger terrane boundary...sequence than can be followed from Kohistan into Baltistan and into the confluence area. Movement on the
Book
Dr. G. Liittig, Erlangen Band 25 GEOL OGY OF PAKISTAN edited by / F. K. Bender and H. A. Raza 1995...BORNTR AEGER · BERLIN · STUTTGART GEOLO GY OF PAKISTAN edited by F .K. Bender and H.A. Raza by D....Developme nt Institute of Pakistan, 230, Nazimuddi n Road F-7 /4, Islamabad, Pakistan. Dr. D. BANNERT, Dr....of Pakistan, FF 2 Block 59, Seaview Township, Defence Housing Authority, Karachi-75500, Pakistan. Prof...University of the Punjab, New Campus, Lahore-54590, Pakistan. Ongoing small scale detachment tectonics within
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
crystals from different pegmatitic sources, namely Shigar valley (one sample, size 0.3  3 cm), Yuno village...this locality. The samples from Minas Gerais, Shigar valley, Yuno village, Dassu mines, and Sichuan belong...Locality Minas Gerais (Brazil) Sichuan (China) Shigar valley Sample BA-1 No./wt% BAA-1 BAA-2 CA-1 n...shaped P-type Trapezoidal S-type Himalayas Shigar valley Yuno village Dassu mines (PA, PAY, PAD) Hexagonal...axis of the etch pits (Fig. 4e). Samples from Shigar (Himalayas) also show P- and Ftypes together, mostly
Journal (issue)
with apatite, Mount Avie, Bellecombe area, Aosta Valley, Italy ................ ......... ...............Albite, 11.2 cm, from the La Marina mine, Muzo District, Boyaca Department, Colombia. See the article...Hodrusa-Hamre (in the Banska Stiavnica mining district) is also the type locality for hodrusite. V INTRODUCTION...historical events before 1920, we will use the older district name of Schemnitz in accordance with the literature...time, whereas for events after 1920 the modem district name of Banska Stiavnica will be used, bearing
Journal (issue)
by C. A. Francis Pakistan Gem pegmatites of the Shingus-Dusso area, Gilgit, Pakistan....................species will be inevitable; for instance, the Pakistan pegmatites covered here have also yielded superb...localities: the Himalaya dike system, Mesa Grande district, California (by E. E. Foord) [1977, vol. 8, no...Eichholz’s translation, 1971) “Caria” is an ancient district in southwestern Asia Minor. The In­ dian stones...Gem and lithiumbearing pegmatites of the Pala district, San Diego County, California. California Department
Book
Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series of incompletely...measuring 2.5 X 8 X 12 cm (Pekov, 2000). ASIA PAKISTAN FORMER SOVIBT UNION RUSSIA Dodo deposit near...rutile (Weerth, 2004). Tonniq Valley, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan [Northern Areas]. Beginning in...region of Alpine-type clefts along the Torrniq Valley produced small numbers of ilmenite specimens reminiscent...The thin-tabular ilmenite crystals of the Torrniq Valley also form spherical aggregates ("closed roses")
Report (issue)
Union & DMITRI BELAKOVSKJ China BY GUANGHUA LIU Pakistan BY DUDLEY BLAUWET Fluorite from Japan BY YOSHIRO... Iridescent Fluorite from Ohio's Findlay Arch District BY JASON MCDONALD 69 Canada BY MARK MAUTHNER...Spinet-law contact twin; II cm wide; Chumar Bakhoor, Pakistan Dudley Blauwet specimen; Kevin Dixon photo Lower...including Naica, Mexico (page 72) and Chumar Bakhoor, Pakistan (page 92). In addition to well-defined individual...abundance: Mapimi, Durango, Mexico (page 72); Berbes district, Asturias, Spain (page 38); and Seilles, Namur
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
calc-alkaline granitoid magmatism in the Nubra-Shyok valley of the Shyok Suture Zone, Ladakh Himalaya, India:...Formation Geochemistry Geochronology Nubra-Shyok valley Ladakh Himalaya a b s t r a c t The lithounits...associated with intrusive granitoids. In the Nubra-Shyok valley of the SSZ calc-alkaline granitoids of batholithic...rocks belonging to the Shyok Formation. In this valley the northern margins of granitoids of the Ladakh...subduction-related calc-alkaline magmatism in the Nubra-Shyok valley of the SSZ prevailed between 110 and 68 Ma, and
Journal (issue)
Mogok belongs to Mogok Township, in Pyin-U-Lwin District, in Mandalay Division, which borders Sagaing Division...January–February, 2022 Figure 3. The Ruby Mining District in Burma around Mogok, as surveyed by R. Gordon...which he had heard on his travels concerning a “valley of serpents” which was littered with diamonds but...Hunters would throw chunks of raw meat into the valley, vultures would snatch the meat away from the snakes...had adhered to the meat. This resembles another “valley of diamonds” story also repeated by Marco Polo
Catalog/List
Design District Showroom 1518 Slocum Street ‱ Dallas, TX 75207 Heritage Auctions Design District Showroom... SESSION ONE 72001 Moldavite (2 pieces) Moldau River Valley Czech Republic The material Moldavite is a product...Millibillillie Meteorite Eucrite-mmict Wiluna District, Western Australia (26° 27’S, 120° 22’E) Fall:...72172 Chrysocolla Box Stone Source: Bisbee, Warren District Mule Mts, Cochise Co. Arizona, USA This lovely...Complex Western Bushveld Complex, Bojanala Platinum District North West Province, South Africa This medium
Journal (issue)
com APATITE Nagar, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Northern Areas, Pakistan, 11.5cm. Fine Minerals International...CaMn21(CO3)2 Kutnohorite occurs typically in the district as opaque pink, rounded masses and as fan or club-shaped...American Southwest. Thick quartz veins in the granodiorite of Petersen Mountain, on the Nevada/California...Figure 4. Gold crystals to 2.5 cm, from the Cariboo District, British Columbia. Anthony Fraser (Gold Nugget...gold crystal groups from somewhere in the Cariboo district of British Columbia, Canada. Some of the specimens
Journal (issue)
localities of the former Soviet Union, Bolivia and Pakistan), who, with Dr. Liu and Herr Ottens, have compiled...passed through a narrow valley with many banana and orange trees. As the valley THE LOCALITY: SETTING...houses. At an elevation of 800 meters a hanging valley began, and what had been the good asphalt road...outcrops of granite. From the sides of the hanging valley itself—to the extent that one could see through...500 meters along a trail, up into a little side valley. Here, enormous amounts of rubble, consisting of
Report (volume)
evolution of the North Karakoram cover, North Pakistan Zi Gaetan, 39 M., JADouL, F., Erpa, E. & Garzanti...granitoid structure of the Hunza Karakoram, north Pakistan TreLoar, magmatism P.J. & Izatr, C.N. Tectonics...West Pakistan 89 Aumep, Z. Leucocratic rocks from the Bela ophiolite, Khuzdar district, Pakistan Arir...zone of Pakistan Jan, M.Q., Kuan, North Pakistan Kuan, M.A., JAN, B.L. Evolution Pakistan: temporal...reconstruction of the Dir Group: within Kohistan, N. Pakistan Haynes, J.R. & Rex, D.C. evidence for magmatic
Journal (issue)
spinel mining in Vietnam ‱ Sphene from northern Pakistan ‱ Spinel from Bawma, Myanmar ‱ Green garnets reportedly...the proximity to San Diego’s historic pegmatite district, we will offer field trips to working gem mines...a similar depth on the flank of the Great Rift Valley, 40 km from the present workings (Yapatsu Purpikole...Bittencourt Rosa D. (1990) Les opals nobles du district de Pedro II dans l’Etat de Piaui, region nord-est...Pala, California. California’s Pala pegmatite district, the type locality for kunzite (“lilac”-colored
Report (issue)
Schor! and microcline from Pakistan's world famous Gilgit area. The schorl is 4. 7 cm high. Photo Jeff Scovil;...Bronze-brown; streak: yellow-brown; luster: vit­ district Corinthia in Austria and Slovenia, dravite is...Brazil; Sahatany Valley pegmatite district in Madagascar; Nigeria; Namibia; Nuristan Valley, Afghanistan...Afghanistan and the Malkhan district in Russia's Transbaikal region have been the source of many exceptional specimens...is also found in other locations in the Sahatany Valley in Madagascar; Transbaikal region of Russia; Minas
Journal (issue)
Baranda Some pegmatite minerals from the Zomba district, Malawi ........................................Blanchard mine or other mines in the Hansonburg mining district near Bingham, New Mexico, should be advised that...(first color special issue) $20 v.5/#5 Julcani District in Peru, Indian Mtn. (AL), Capelinha (Brazil)...16/#5 Tourmaline Issue! (112 p.) Elba, Maine, Pakistan, Nepal, California, etc. $10 v,16/#6 Graves Mtn...Axinites (CA), El Dragon mine (Bolivia), Silver District (AZ), Goldschmidt $8 v.21/#3 American Amethyst
Journal (issue)
Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA. The district is famous for its wide range of more than 250...geological context closely resembling that in the Hunza Valley, Kashmir. Although only relatively low grade stones...contacts between ruby-containing horizons and granodiorite supply additional evidence in support of the...present or not. Comparison with ruby from the Hunza Valley The corundum-muscovite association common at several...G. Neumeier, G. Staebler and T. Wilson (eds), Pakistan: Minerals, Mountains and Majesty. Lapis International
Report (volume)
Vaushtikb— 1. On the occurrence of gold in the district of Singhbbum.II, 11-14. 2. On the occurrence of...of argentiferous galena and copper in the district of Manbhum, south-west frontier of Bengal . . . HI...discovery of a new locality for copper in the Narbada valley .... VII, 62-64. 8. On the building and ornamental...The iron industry of the western portion of the district of Raipur .... XX, 167-170. 4. Notes oi} the...Notes on the geology of a part of the Tonasserim valley with special reference to the Tendau-TCaraapying
Journal (issue)
136-55 Kazmi, A.H., Snee, L.W., 1989. Emeralds of Pakistan. Van 148 Nostrand Reinhold, New York Keller...here it forms the eastern margin of the great rift valley. The gemstones from this region of East (0 Copyright...rhodolite; Longido for ruby in zoisite; the Umba River valley for fancy sapphire, garnet and other gems; Mpwapwa...concentrations in the present and former Mandala valley bottoms; tributaries have lower diamond contents...with a n e w ruby find in Myanmar, in the Mogok district, at Mong Hsu, east of Mandalay. The rough is on
 
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