Chumar Bakhoor

Chumar Bakhoor or Chumar Bakur is a gemstone mining area located at an elevation of 5,520 meters in the Sumayar Valley[1] of Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Geographically it is also closer to the Oyum-Nagar (Nagarkhas). Walking from central Sumayar, it takes around 4 to 5 hours to reach the pegmatites that crop out on the western side of the mountain above 4000 meters elevation. Appiani (2007) states that according to (Blauwet and Shah, 2004) the gemstone deposits at Chumar Bakhoor were first discovered in 1984 by local hunter Muhammad Shah.[2] Chumar Bakhoor contains various precious and semi-precious gemstones such as Aquamarine, Fluorite, Apatite, Calcite, and Quartz.[3]

Chumar Bakhoor
Chumar Bakur
Naming
Native nameChumar Bakur
Geography
LocationSumayar Valley Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

Precious and Semi-Precious Gemstones
  • Aquamarine
  • Fluorite [4]

Chumar Bakur Pass

The Chumar Bakhoor pass links the Sumayar valley with the Nagar Khas.

See also

References
  1. Appiani, Roberto (2007). "Pink fluorite from an exceptional new find at Chumar Bakhoor, Pakistan". The Mineralogical Record. 38 (2): 95–101.
  2. Appiani, Roberto (2007). "Pink fluorite from an exceptional new find at Chumar Bakhoor, Pakistan". The Mineralogical Record. 38 (2).
  3. Iftikhar, Malik; David, Cohen; Alistair, Dunlop (2004). "Geochemical aspects of uranium in the Sumayar valley, northern areas of Pakistan" (PDF). 37: 1-25. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. Jacobson, Mark Ivan (2013). "Fluorite in Granitic Pegmatites". Rocks & Minerals. 88 (2): 134–147. doi:10.1080/00357529.2013.747913. S2CID 128425853.
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