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- Title
New occurrence of albitite from Nubra valley, Ladakh: characterization from mineralogy and whole rock geochemistry.
- Authors
Kharya, Aditya; Sachan, H. K.; Tiwari, Sameer K.; Singhal, Saurabh; Singh, P. Chandra; Rai, Santosh; Kumar, Sushil; Mehta, Manish; Gautam, P. K. R.
- Abstract
We report here the occurrence of albitite in Nubra valley of Ladakh region in the Trans-Himalaya area within Indian Territory at 34°44'46"N and 77°33'8"E before Panamik (in the Wish Pond, local name of the area). The albitite has been characterized by petrography, mineral chemistry, X-ray diffraction and whole rock geochemistry (i.e. major, trace and rare earth elements (REE)). The albitite comprises 85-96% albite and amphibole, whereas apatite, zircon and ilmenite occur as accessory minerals. The textural relationship and geochemical data indicate its igneous origin. The albitite contains about 5-6 ppm U and Th which may possibly host U-REE mineralization.
- Subjects
LADAKH (India); ALBITITE; MINERALOGY; GEOCHEMISTRY; TRANS-Himalayas
- Publication
Current Science (00113891), 2016, Vol 111, Issue 9, p1531
- ISSN
0011-3891
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.18520/cs/v111/i9/1531-1535