Chumar Bakor, also spelled Chumar Bakor, is a gemstone mining area located at an elevation of 5,520 meters in Sumayar Valley[2] of Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Geographically, it is also closer to the Oyum-Nagar (Nagarkhas). It takes a trek of 4 to 5 hours to reach the pegmatites that crop out on the western side of the mountain above 4,000 meters in elevation. Appiani (2007) states that according to (Blauwet and Shah, 2004) the gemstone deposits at Chumar Bakor were first discovered in 1984 by local hunter Muhammad Shah.[3] Chumar Bakor contains various precious and semi-precious gemstones such as aquamarine, fluorite, apatite, calcite, and quartz.[4]
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| Coordinates | 36°13′33″N 74°40′37″E / 36.22583°N 74.67694°E[1] |
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| Location | Sumayar Valley Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan |
Precious and Semi-Precious Gemstones
edit- Aquamarine
- Fluorite [5]
Chumar Bakor Pass
editThe Chumar Bakor pass links the Sumayar valley with the Nagar Khas.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Chumar Bakor, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan". Mindat.org. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
- ^ Appiani, Roberto (2007). "Pink fluorite from an exceptional new find at Chumar Bakor, Pakistan". The Mineralogical Record. 38 (2): 95–101.
- ^ Appiani, Roberto (2007). "Pink fluorite from an exceptional new find at Chumar Bakor, Pakistan". The Mineralogical Record. 38 (2).
- ^ Iftikhar, Malik; David, Cohen; Alistair, Dunlop (2004). "Geochemical aspects of uranium in the Sumayar valley, northern areas of Pakistan" (PDF). Geol. Bull. Univ. Peshawar. 37: 1-25.
- ^ Jacobson, Mark Ivan (2013). "Fluorite in Granitic Pegmatites". Rocks & Minerals. 88 (2): 134–147. Bibcode:2013RoMin..88..134J. doi:10.1080/00357529.2013.747913. S2CID 128425853.