Kohat District

Occurrence in Pakistan with commodities Platinum, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000959
MRDS ID M046480
Record type District
Current site name Kohat District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 71.50062, 32.89865 (WGS84)
Relative position Located the Kohat district and approximated a location along the Indus River.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pakistan(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Pakistan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 71.50062, 32.89865

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Discoverer A. B. Wynne

Mining district

District name KOHAT DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COULSON, 1940, MIN. RES. N. W. FRONTIER PROVINCE: RECORDS OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA, V. 75, PROF. PAPER NO. 2, P. 44

Beyond USGS

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