Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World

Setup during HiTech AlkCarb: an online database of alkaline rock and carbonatite occurrences

Pamir Dykes - Southern Belt

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Occurrence number: 
162-00-017
Country: 
Tajikistan
Location: 
Longitude: 74.85, Latitude: 37.73
Carbonatite: 
No

The southern belt of dykes in the Pamirs is located near Dunkeldik Lake to the north of the Dunkeldykskii intrusion. The dykes extend over some 25 km with individual dykes 300-500 m in length and generally 3-5 m thick. They comprise pseudoleucite tinguaite, sanidine-bearing syenites, bostonite and rarely fergusite.

Age: 
Neogene.
References: 

DMITRIEV, E.A. 1976. Cainozoic potassic alkaline rocks of East Pamir. Donish, Dushanbe. 170 pp.

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