Khuzdar

Producer in Balochistan, Pakistan with commodity Barium-Barite

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Mineral occurrence model information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Ore body information
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Ownership information
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10023312
MRDS ID	I000164
Record type	Site
Current site name	Khuzdar
Alternate or previous names	Monar Talar, Gunga Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	66.51738, 26.76578 (WGS84)
Relative position	DEPOSIT IS APPROXIMATELY 3 MI SSE OF THE GUNGA VILLAGE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Balochistan(province)

Pakistan(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country	State
Pakistan	Balochistan

Comments on the location information

LATITUDE-LONGITUDE IS FOR GUNGA VILLAGE.

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Barium-Barite Critical	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Barite	Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code	212
USGS model code	31b
Deposit model name	Bedded barite

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1)	66.51738, 26.76578	ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

General form STRATIFORM

Length 1219.2M

Depth to top 0M

General form	STRATIFORM
Length	1219.2M
Depth to top	0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Producer
Commodity type	Non-metallic
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Khuzdar District

Ownership information

Type Operator

Owner Pakistan Petroleum Ltd.
Type Owner

Owner Bolan Mining Enterprises (Bme)- An Equal Joint Venture Of Pakistan Petroleum Ltd. And The Government

Type	Operator
Owner	Pakistan Petroleum Ltd.

Type	Owner
Owner	Bolan Mining Enterprises (Bme)- An Equal Joint Venture Of Pakistan Petroleum Ltd. And The Government

Comments on the reserve resource information

RESERVES ARE AN ESTIMATE TO AN ARBITRARY 100 FT DEPTH FOR FIRST ESTIMATE.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	I000164

Bibliographic references

Deposit

BILGRAMI, S.A., 1982, MINERAL INDUSTRY OF PAKISTAN, IN WHITMORE, F.C., JR., AND WILLIAMS, M.E., EDS., RESOURCES FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY-- PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CENTENNIAL SYMPOSIUM OF THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, HELD AT RESTON, VIRGINIA, OCTOBER 14-19, 1979, P. 168-178.
Deposit

GRIFFITHS, JOYCE, 1987, PAKISTAN'S MINERAL POTENTIAL--PRINCE OR PAUPER?: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 238, P. 20-43.
Production

GRIFFITHS, 1987.
Reserve-Resource

BILGRAMI, 1982, P. 171 FOR 1960 ESTIMATE; GRIFFITHS, 1987 FOR SECOND ESTIMATE.

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	BARITE IS INTERBEDDED WITH LIMESTONE AND IS GENERALLY IMPURE. THE DEPOSIT IS ABOUT 4000 FT LONG. THE MAJOR PORTION OF THE RESERVES ARE CONTAINED IN TWO EXPOSED NORTHERN LENSES DESIGNATED THE MAIN DEPOSIT AND THE NORTH DEPOSIT. DEPOSIT IS BELIEVED TO BE SECONDARY EPIGENETIC.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-FEB-1990	Orris, Greta J.	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.