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


Locality type:Valley
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Type:Diorite
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Validity:Believed Valid
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Mineral Data:Click here to view Diorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Shigar Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1016038
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1016038:3
GUID (UUID V4):c3c2265e-aa22-48bc-8ca2-a6260ec858ab
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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 (issue)
from the Gachalá mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacá Department, Colombia. Gail & Jim Spann...Nala, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Zach Goodman collection; Joe Budd...Katlang, Mardan Dist., Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. Jeff Starr collection; Joe Budd photo. Tanzanite...collected fluorescent minerals in the Karnes Uranium district near my ancestral home in south Texas. Over time...with cleavelandite, 9 cm, from Shengus, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Paul Bordovsky photo. Tourmaline, 11
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constraints on the Main Karakorum Thrust, Baltistan, northern Pakistan T. ALLEN A N D C. P. CHAMBERLAIN Department...from rocks in the Kohistan-Ladakh island arc. In Baltistan, this suture has been reactivated by the late...suture zone known as the Indus-Tsangpo Suture. In Pakistan, however, the Kohistan-Ladakh volcanic island...Kohistan-Ladakh island arc and the Asian plate (Fig. 1). In Baltistan (boxed area in Fig. 1) the Shyok Suture Zone has...cryptic in this region. Recent work in northern Pakistan has led to the discovery of discontinuities in
Report (chapter)
Chalt green schist zone 5. Basic intrusives zone 6. Gilgit zone D. References 255 263 264 264 264 264 265...Askore Amphibolite P~ Basic agmatite m ~ Twar Diorite -k- + -t- 4- ++ Ă·++4- -I-~ i+ v~, Ă· . A y4-+...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...north of the axial batholith (Baltoro basin, Hunza valley). In the eastern Karakorum the normal sedimentary
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)
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
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vesuvianite locales, with a half-dozen in the Aosta Valley, over a dozen in the Piedmont, and four in Lombardy...crystals to about 1 cm long with calcite from Warsak, Pakistan. green (chromian) to pale greenish-yellow (ferroan)...Cruces Range, Coahuila. The range is an alkaline diorite dome that   96*2: 405,9(3: intruded Cretaceous...wollastonite, and scapolite (Lueth and Jones 2003). Pakistan has become a major source of world-class gem crystals...vesuvianites have been found in serpentinite in the Zhob Valley, Baluchistan. Brown euhedral crystals occur in
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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
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
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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
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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")
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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
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River, to the Añelo locality. In the Neuquén River Valley, farm fields, herds of cattle, the famous Patagonian...provincial route No. 7. Upon leaving the Neuquén River Valley, the weather changes from humid to extremely arid... Figure 1. Perrin’s Miners Map showing the Clark district, northeastern San Bernardino County in 1896. University...lead-zinc deposits at Potosi in the Goodsprings district in then Lincoln (now Clark) County, Nevada. By...a member of the original party, and the mining district and mountain took their names from him after losing
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rEarth ScienceMonographs Volume б Lauf 4880 Lower Valley Road, Arglen, Pennsylvania 19310 Other Schiffer...Published by Schiffer Publishing Ltd. 4880 Lower Valley Road Atglen, PA 19310 Phone: (610) 593-1777; Fax:...the spectacular finds of anatase and brookite in Pakistan in the last five years, the author considers it...material ;ure 2. Faceted rutile from Zegi Mountain, Pakistan. The stones are very dark, but with strong backlighting...Figure 3. Faceted anatase from Kharan, Baluchistan, Pakistan. As with the rutile in the previous photo, the
Journal (issue)
River, to the Afielo locality. In the Neuquen River Valley, farm fields, herds of cattle, the famous Patagonian...provincial route No. 7. Upon leaving the Neuquen River Valley, the weather changes from humid to extremely arid... Figure 1. Perrin's Miners Map showing the Clark district, northeastern San Bernardino County in 1896. University...lead-zinc deposits at Potosi in the Goodsprings district in then Lincoln (now Clark) County, Nevada. By...a member of the original party, and the mining district and mountain took their names from him after losing
Journal (issue)
gressman@minrec.org Articles The Malkhan Pegmatite District Krasny Chikoy, Transbaikalia, Eastern Siberian...the Forgotten Pocket, Sosedka pegmatite, Malkhan district. The same specimen as shown from a different angle...cell.: +43 (0)664 4047940 The Malkhan Pegmatite District Krasny Chikoy, Transbaikalia, Eastern Siberian...discoveries in Brazil, California and the Himalayas. The district has produced over 50 different mineral species...Zabaykalsky Krai, Eastern Siberia, Russia. The district is on the Russian side of the border between the
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2023 Articles The Bairendaba Deposit, Keshiketen District, Inner Mongolia, China..........................363 by C. J. Stefano The Nakhlak Mine, Anarak District, Esfahan Province, Iran.........................50 years of collecting in the Cobalt, Ontario, District; being a true collector personality, he has also...Patricia (Zobel) Perry. He grew up in the Central Valley town of Firebaugh, California, with two siblings...on the minerals of the Val Graveglia manganese district in Italy; and Renato and Wendell Wilson received
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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
Book (edition)
criss-cross over the political boundary-lines of Pakistan, Burma, Ceylon and even Tibet. In a treatise...criss- cross over the political boundary-lines of Pakistan, Burma, Ceylon and even Tibet. these countries...Trichinopoly, and Ariyalur faunas, (ii) The Narbada valley Cretaceous; Bagh beds; conclusions from the fauna...(iv) Potwar. (vy) Hazara. (vi) Kashmir; the Indus Valley Tertiaries; the Subathu series of Jammu and the...plateau of erosion, Valleys: the valley of Kashm a tectonicir valley ; erosion-valleys; valleys of the
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net MARCH–APRIL 2019 Articles The Candelaria District Mineral County, Nevada .........................adams@aero.org Bonanza silver ore made the Candelaria District one of Nevada’s largest silver producers in the...whiteite-(CaMgMg). INTRODUCTION The Candelaria district is located in southeastern Mineral County, along...account of the earlier history of the Candelaria district was compiled from Chalfant (1942), Shamberger...group of Mexicans in 1863. The Columbus mining district, then in Esmeralda County, was established around
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logging operation in his history of the Yosemite Valley Railroad. Rogers was able to visit the Tmmbull... JOHNSON, H. (1963) Railroads o f the Yosemite Valley. TransAnglo Books, Corona del Mar, California,...Kalahari rhodochrosite, Paterson (NJ), Brumado district (Brazil), Bosch C ollection $10 v.9/#4 Elm w.../# 5 T ourm aline Issue! (112 p.) Elba, M aine, Pakistan, N epal, California, etc. $15 v .l7 /# 4 N ational...Axinites (CA). El Dragon mine (Bolivia), Silver District (AZ), Goldschmidt $10 Postage $ 1 per co p y
Report (volume)
(Smithsonite ai Blende) with Barytes én theKarnul District, Madres.—By F. B. Matzer, F.G.8., Geological Survey...from the neighbourhood of Juggiapett, Kistnah District, and on Zinc Carbonate from Karnul, Madras.—By...Kaghén glacier can have travelled down the steep valley of the Kanhar without removing or disturbing the...and those of the Hindu Kush on the west. North of Shigar an independent basin of triassic and palwozoic...7th of Decombor, and resumed work in the Madara district ;Mr. Wynnc took twenty months’ leavo on the 3rd
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Rybicki) 7:72-77 Chalcanthite from the Helvetia district, Arizona (by G. Robinson) 9:252 Cuprite [from...Arizona (by W. A. Thompson) 11:248-250 The Tombstone district, Cochise County, Arizona (by S. A. Williams) 11:251-257... A. Scovil) 21:99-100 Arizona's Silver mining district (by P. Bancroft & G. Bricker) 21:151-168 The Fat...24:67 Famous mineral local.ities: the Rush Creek district, Marion County, Arkansas (by D. A. Richards) 24:285-299...E. Wilson) 19:75 ARNO RNER VALLEY Minerals from the upper Arno River Valley, Tuscany, Italy (by M. Corazza
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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
 
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