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Chromite from
Jijal complex, Upper Kohistan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan


Locality type:Complex
Classification
Species:Chromite
Formula:Fe2+Cr23+O4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chromite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Jijal complex, Upper Kohistan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:958403
Long-form Identifier:1:3:958403:7
GUID (UUID V4):9c7a5791-eace-4371-a439-fad9ef0692d6
Nearest other occurrences of Chromite
63.8km (39.6 miles) ⓘMingora emerald deposit, Swat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
73.8km (45.8 miles) ⓘSapat Gali, Naran, Kaghan Valley, Mansehra District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
within the Peridotite of the Jijal Complex, Kohistan Arc in North Pakistan Xiang-Li Ding 1,2, *, Lin Ding...  Abstract: The Jijal ultramafic–mafic complex in Pakistan probably preserves the most complete...commonly considered the lowermost part of the Jijal complex. These zircon grains yield concordant 206 Pb/238...(<120 Ma) of the Jijal complex, and lying above it, the other complexes of the Kohistan paleo-arc. Furthermore...values for the Cretaceous zircon grains of the Kohistan arc. From integrated analysis of the zircon trace
Report (chapter)
Publications The Sapat mafic-ultramafic complex, Kohistan arc, North Pakistan M. Qasim Jan, M. Asif Khan and M...2014 The Sapat mafic-ultramafic complex, Kohistan arc, North Pakistan M. Q A S I M J A N , M. A S I F...Geology, University o f Peshawar, Pakistan Abstract: The Sapat layered complex, occupying the tectonic base...base of the Cretaceous Kohistan island arc, occurs in the immediate hanging wall of the Indus suture zone...Kaghan valley. Previously undescribed, much of the complex consists of gabbroic rocks, but in the basal part
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the Jijal Complex ophiolite along the Main Mantle Thrust (MMT or Indus Suture Zone) North Pakistan Zaheen...University, Tribal Subdivision Darra, Kohat 26100, Pakistan g Hanoi University of Mining and Geology, Hanoi...Podiform Chromitites Jijal complex North Pakistan a b s t r a c t The Jijal Complex, one of the largest...(ca. 150 km2) in Pakistan, occupies a deep-level section of the Cretaceous Kohistan Arc that was obducted...Thrust or Indus Suture Zone. Peridotites of the Jijal Complex consist mainly of harzburgite and dunite with
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Basic and Ultrabasic Rocks of the Jijal Complex, Kohistan, NW Pakistan by M. QASIM JAN 1 and R. A. HOWIE...Department of Geology, University of Peshawar, Pakistan Department of Geology, King's College, Strand...ABSTRACT The Jijal complex, covering more than 150 sq. km in the extreme north of Pakistan, is a tectonic...probably crystallized in the ancient Tethyan crust/upper mantle (or less likely in a continental margin)...they represent a faulted slab of suboceanic crust/upper mantle, mantle diapirs in deep orogenic roots, or
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ELEMENT MINERALIZATION IN THE JIJAL LAYERED ULTRAMAFIC-MAFIC COMPLEX, PAKISTANI HIMALAYAS D. JAYMILLER...Azad Jammuand Kashmir University,Muzaffarabad,Pakistan Introduction petrogeneticallyinterpretlithologicsequences...petrochemical reconnaissance within the Jijal Complex,NorthwestFrontier Province,Pakistan.To our knowledge,the...chromititefromthe SakhakotQila ophiolite(alsocalledthe Dargai Complex),ca. 50 km northeastof Peshawar.The chromitedeposits...thrust (MMT) is the southernboundaryof the Jijal Complex.The Jijal Complexis the least metamorGeologicSetting
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Chemistry in Ultramafic Rocks of the Jijal Complex, Northwest Pakistan by M. QASIM JAN 1 AND BRIAN F. WINDLEY...NCE Geology, University of Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan 2 Department of Geology, The University, Leicester...approximately 1501cm Jijal complex occupies a deep-level section of the Cretaceous Kohistan arc obducted along...along the Indus suture. The complex consists of mafic garnet granulites, and a > 10 km x 4 km slab of...contain chromite either in lenses, layers, and veins or as disseminated grains. The chromite is mostly
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)
forearc mantle: Evidence from Sapat (Kohistan, Northern Pakistan) Pierre Bouilhol a,⁎, Jean-Pierre Burg...France d Pakistan Museum of Natural History, Garden Avenue-Shakarparian, 44 000 Islamabad, Pakistan b c ...a b s t r a c t The Sapat peridotite in Kohistan (NW Pakistan) is a 12 × 1 km sized body of meta-harzburgites...interpreted as being derived from the frontal Kohistan arc, representing a crust–mantle transition formed...1989; Greene et al., 2006) and the Kohistan Arc in North Pakistan (e.g. Bard, 1983; Burg et al., 1998)
Report (chapter)
localization from the upper mantle to the middle crust of the Kohistan Arc (Pakistan) J.-P. B U R G a, L...54590, Pakistan 4Museum of Natural History, Garden Avenue, Shakar Parrian, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan 5Institut...to middle crust levels of the Kohistan palaeo-island arc, in Pakistan, are described. Pre-Himalayan...part in the plutonic history of the arc. Using Kohistan as an example, we suggest that the plutonic, lower...middle, plutonic crust of the Kohistan palaeo-island arc, in Pakistan (Fig. 1). Numerous time markers
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ophiolitic rocks of the Indus Suture Zone in Swat, NW Pakistan M. Arif a,⁎, D.J. Henry b, C.J. Moon c a b c ...Geology, University of Peshawar, Peshawar 25120, Pakistan Department of Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana...petrography Geochemistry Mineralizing elements Swat Pakistan a b s t r a c t Bodies of magnesite-rich rocks...associated, originally sedimentary rocks of the Indo-Pakistan plate. Locally, late-stage hydrothermal activity...geology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1.1. The Kohistan arc sequence . . . . . . . 2.1.2. The Main Mantle
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Society, London, Special Publications Chemistry of chromite and associated phases from the Shangla ultramafic...ultramafic body in the Indus suture zone of Pakistan Mohammad Arif and M. Qasim Jan Geological Society, London...lyellcollection.org/ by guest on May 7, 2014 Chemistry of chromite and associated phases from the Shangla ultramafic...ultramafic body in the Indus suture zone of Pakistan MOHAMMAD A R I F 1 & M. Q A S I M J A N N C E in Geology...Geology, University of Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan i Present address: Department of Geology, University
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University of Geosciences, 29, Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, 100083 Beijing, China d School of Ocean and Earth...Plateau. It is now acknowledged that the YZSZ is a complex assemblage of sedimentary, metamorphic and igneous...plutonic domain of the Gangdese batholith and Kohistan arc, the Tertiary sedimentary rocks, the Paleozoic...units and their attributed ages: Sangri Group (Upper Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous), Gangdese batholiths...0.6 to 29.8 ± 0.2 Ma (Bhutani et al., 2004)), Kohistan batholiths (29–25 Ma (George et al., 1993 and
Report (chapter)
the northern margin of the Himalaya in northern Pakistan, northwest India and south Tibet, and marks the...zone. In the Pakistan and western Ladakh sector a large island-arc terrane, the Dras-Kohistan-Nuristan arc...within the Indus suture zone. West of Nanga Parbat, Kohistan is bounded along the south by the Main Mantle...above from the High Himalayan Central Crystalline complex below. The High Himalaya, or Tibetan Slab, is the...foreland, and is particularly well-exposed in the Pakistan sector in the west, notably in the Potwar Plateau
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
thickening of the lower crust of the Kohistan arc (N. Pakistan) deduced from Al zoning in clinopyroxene... The lower-crustal rocks of the Kohistan complex (northern Pakistan) are mostly composed of metabasic...of the Kohistan arc during the Early to Middle Cretaceous. The crustal thickening of the Kohistan arc was...pyroxene granulite. I NTR O D U CT I O N The Kohistan complex in the north-western part of the Himalaya...considered to be a Cretaceous magmatic island arc, the Kohistan arc (Tahirkheli et al., 1979; Bard et al., 1980;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Introduction The accessory mineral, chrome–spinel (or chromite), is wellestablished as a useful, alteration-resistant...[5]; Tonsina Complex, Talkeetna Philippines [11] Arc, Alaska [11] BON: Jijal Complex, Kohistan Arc, BON:...BON: Tonga Trench [4,11]; IBM, Lau Basin, Pakistan [10] Cape Vogel and New Caledonia [11]; Bonin Isl., IBM...Troodos, Cyprus [11, 11⁎] BON: Jijal Complex, Kohistan Arc, Pakistan [11] northern Oman–U. A.E. [11⁎]...ridges. Hess Deep provides a rare window into the upper mantle of the fastspreading ridge of the East PaciïŹc
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Al-Cr-Fe3+-richspinels from the Chilas mafic-ultramafic complex, Pakistan M. Qlsrvr Jl'N, M. Asrr KruN National Centre...of Excellencein Geology, University of Peshawar,Pakistan BnrlN F. WrNor,nv Department of Geology, University...Leicester,LeicesterLEI 7RH, U.K. Ansrru.cr The Chilas complex contains accessoryand segregatedspinels that display...range from Cr-poor pleonastethrough Al-Fe3*-rich chromite to Cr-poor magnetite. Miratios, whereas croprobe...INrnonucrror.t The Chilas complex occupiesthe lower part of the Kohistan magmatic arc. The complex extends east to
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Article Geochemistry of Waziristan Ophiolite Complex, Pakistan: Implications for Petrogenesis and Tectonic...M.N. Geochemistry of Waziristan Ophiolite Complex, Pakistan: Implications for Petrogenesis and Tectonic...Peshawar 25120, Pakistan Department of Geology, University of Peshawar, Peshawar 25120, Pakistan Department...Waziristan ophiolite complex (WOC), a segment of paleo-suture zone between the Indo-Pakistan plate to the south-east...2023, 13, 311 2 of 33 crust and the underlying upper mantle [2]. They are either preserved as dismembered
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
proposed by Cloos [3] for rocks in the Franciscan Complex, California and supported by the evidence from...Tertiary clastic sedimentary rocks, the Nidar arc complex, and the Drakkarpo tectonic melange. The suture...The Ladakh area is considered to be a subduction complex related to the closure of Neo-Tethys and the subduction...serpentinites crop out at the base of the Nidar ophiolitic complex and in the Drakkarpo unit. These units and the...four samples (CH98a, CH98b, CH430, CH433) from the upper Sumdo Valley and sample CH146 from the Challung
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
that integrate cumulate compositions from the Kohistan arc terrain are presented in order to develop...a consistent petrogenetic model to explain the Kohistan island arc granitoids. The model allows a quantitative...crystallization and assimilation to explain the silica-rich upper crust composition of oceanic arcs. Depending in...crystallization in the lower crust/upper mantle is an adequate upper continental crust forming mechanism...to produce volumetrically important amounts of upper continental crust from silicapoorer parental magmas
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
associated with emerald deposits from Swat, NW Pakistan: Genesis and its exploration significance MohaMMad...Geology, University of Peshawar, Peshawar 25120, Pakistan Department of Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana...emerald exploration in the lower Swat region of Pakistan and comparable ultramafic-hosted emerald-producing...Tourmaline, chemistry, genesis, emerald exploration, NW Pakistan introduCtion Emerald, the green, Cr (±V)-bearing...ARIF ET AL.: Cr-BEARING TOURMALINE FROM SWAT, PAKISTAN ate schorl-dravite to dravite, whereas tourmaline
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
floor. In another case, lower crustal olivine-chromite cumulates underwent a long two-stage history of...underthrusting Indian Plate and the over-riding Kohistan island-arc terrain in the Pakistani Himalayas...come to be exposed for sampling. In slowly exhumed upper-mantle and lower-crustal rocks, the usual impasse...as its abscissa intercepts Mg'A0 and Mg'B0. The upper and lower abscissa intercepts of the tie line are...(1–6) spanning modally graded layers L1 and L2A in Upper Zone A of the Skaergaard intrusion. The weighted
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
WaziristanOphiolite, Pakistan:General Geologyand Chemistry of Chromite and Associated Phases M. QASIM JAN, N.C.E. Department...Department of Geology,Universityof Peshawar,Peshawar,Pakistan BRIAN F. WINDLEY, Departmentof Geology,Universityof... GeologicalSurveyof Pakistan,Peshawar,Pakistan Abstract The Waziristan complex, coveringover500 km2... Introduction OF the six major ophiolitesof Pakistan,the Waziristancomplexis the third mostextensiveafter...toward Afghanistan;this is a very remote area of Pakistan(Fig. 1). The sedimentary rocksassociatedwith the
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...Arir, M. & Jan, M.Q. Chemistry of chromite and associated phases from the Shangla 101 M.A. & Qazi...mafic—ultramafic complex, Kohistan arc, 113 M.Q. & Weaver, of the lower arc crust in Kohistan, N 123 ultramafic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MORB-like basalts are suggestive of a forearc complex that erupted prior to the formation of boninitic...ultrahigh‐pressure rocks, the Kohistan island arc, and the Jijal Complex (Coward et al., 1982; Gouzu et...second Shyok suture in India, which extends into Pakistan as the so-called Northern Suture (Coward et al...1992). The northerly sediments in the Tso Morari Complex have been subducted and metamorphosed under ultrahigh‐pressure...sedimentary unit into the lower Tsoltak and the upper Shyok Formations. The Tsoltak Formation, which mainly
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
decades of mapping and data collection from this complex and long-lived CE P convergence zone that is...P-wave seismic velocity anomalies CE P in the upper mantle as delaminated sub-continental lithosphere...north to south: Pamir, Rushan Pshart, Karakoram, Kohistan-Ladakh, Himalaya and India. These terranes are...referred to as the Northern Suture Zone, north of Kohistan), Indus Suture Zone (ISZ), and the southern thrust...terrane can be divided into a SC R metamorphic complex, batholith, and sediments consisting of Carboniferous
 
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