Nowshera

Producer in North-West Frontier, Pakistan with commodities Marble, Dimension, Stone, Dimension

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10023313
MRDS ID	I000165
Record type	Site
Current site name	Nowshera

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	71.98395, 34.01524 (WGS84)
Location accuracy	10000(meters)
Relative position	Estimated, May Be Incorrect By Up To 5 Minutes.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

North-West Frontier(province)

Pakistan(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country	State
Pakistan	North-West Frontier

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Marble, Dimension	Primary
Stone, Dimension	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Marble	Ore

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble

Nearby scientific data

(1)	71.98395, 34.01524	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Producer
Commodity type	Non-metallic
Significant	No

Comments on the reserve resource information

THERE ARE SEVERAL MILLION CUBIC FEET OF RESERVES.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	I000165

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
Reserve-Resource

BILGRAMI, 1982, P. 175.

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	PINK MARBLE WITH CRISS-CROSSING VEINS OF WHITE CALCITE AND BROWNISH STREAKS OF FERRUGINOUS MATERIAL. LARGE BLOCKS CAN BE EXTRACTED.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-FEB-90	Orris, Greta J.	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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