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Quartz from
Karakoram Batholith, Attabad Lake, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan


Locality type:Batholith
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Karakoram Batholith, Attabad Lake, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1990458
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1990458:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
17.6km (10.9 miles) ⓘUpper Hunza Valley, Hunza District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
17.8km (11.1 miles) ⓘChumar Bakhoor, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
22.9km (14.2 miles) ⓘPhakker, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
25.4km (15.8 miles) ⓘHispar Glacier, Hispar, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
27.5km (17.1 miles) ⓘMuchara Nala, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
30.2km (18.8 miles) ⓘKhyber, Hunza District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
30.2km (18.8 miles) ⓘLak-Khiang Glacier (Kunyang Lak Glacier), Hispar Glacier, Hispar, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
34.2km (21.3 miles) ⓘMorkhun, Hunza District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
37.9km (23.5 miles) ⓘKhaltaro, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
40.3km (25.0 miles) ⓘLaila, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
References
Abbasi, Muhammad Zeeshan; Zhang, Wanyi; Mughal, Muhammad Saleem; Khan, Naveed; Gillani, Syed Wajee Ul Hassan; Tian, Akang; Zhang, Chengjun (2026) U-Pb Zircon Geochronology and Trace-Element Geochemistry of Attabad Lake and Nomal Village Granitoids from the Karakoram and Kohistan Batholiths, NW Pakistan: Local Constraints on Magmatic Evolution. Minerals, 16 (8). doi:10.3390/min16080841
 
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