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Granite from
Koga Nepheline Syenite Intrusion, Buner District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan


Locality type:Intrusion
Classification
Type:Granite
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Granite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Koga Nepheline Syenite Intrusion, Buner District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1353890
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1353890:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Granite
21.7km (13.5 miles) ⓘShewa-Shahbazgarhi-Machai Outcrop, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
32.9km (20.4 miles) ⓘAmbela Granite Complex, Mardan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
References
Siddiqui, S. F. A., Chaudhry, M. N., & Shakoor, A. B. D. U. L. (1968). Geology and petrology of the feldspathoidal syenites and the associated rocks of the Koga area, Chamla valley, Swat, West Pakistan. Geol. Bull. Punjab Univ., 7, 1-30.
Kempe, D. R. C. (1973) The petrology of the Warsak alkaline granites, Pakistan, and their relationship to other alkaline rocks of the region. Geological Magazine, 110 (5) 385-404 doi:10.1017/s0016756800036189
Woolley, Alan R. (2019) Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World. Part 4: Antarctica, Asia and Europe (excluding the former USSR), Australasia and Oceanic Islands. The Geological Society of London. doi:10.1144/mpar4p.185
 
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