Stratigraphy and coal resources of the Makarwal area, Trans-Indus Mountains, Mianwali District, Pakistan

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OSTI ID:5906234

Danilchik, W; Shah, S M.I.

Sedimentary rocks ranging in age from Permian to Pleistocene underlie the Trans-Indus Mountains of Pakistan. The sequence, which is more than 20,000 feet thick, consists of 20 formations and members. New names have been proposed and type sections designated for five of the formations described. The Makarwal coal field is located in the Surghar Range. The coal-bearing strata are of Paleocene age and are overlain by younger Tertiary rocks that exceed 15,000 feet in total thickness. The coal is produced from a single bed that ranges in thickness from 2 feet to more than 10 feet. Easily accessible coal, once the principal mineral resource of the area, is mostly depleted, but more than 16 million tons of undeveloped reserves are available. Other mineral resources include abundant reserves of limestone, dolomite, greensand, glass sand, and iron-bearing rocks.

• OSTI ID: 5906234
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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