Kundi

Occurrence in Balochistan, Pakistan with commodity Barium-Barite

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10023311
MRDS ID	I000163
Record type	Site
Current site name	Kundi

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	66.60071, 26.39914 (WGS84)
Location accuracy	2000(meters)
Relative position	Estimated, Believed To Be Within 1 Minute.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Balochistan(province)

Pakistan(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country	State
Pakistan	Balochistan

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Barium-Barite Critical	Primary

Comments on the commodity information

GRADE VARIES FROM 30% TO 98% BASO4.

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Barite	Ore

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1)	66.60071, 26.39914	ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

General form STRATIFORM

General form	STRATIFORM

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Non-metallic
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Khuzdar Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

RESERVES ARE ESTIMATED TO A DEPTH OF 25 FT.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	I000163

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. 171.

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	CONCORDANT REPLACEMENT(?) BARITE BODIES OCCUR IN FOLDED FOSSILIFEROUS LIMESTONE. LIMESTONE IS EXPOSED FOR 1800 FT BUT THE BARITE IS CONFINED TO THE WESTERN THIRD OF THE AREA. FIVE BEDS OF LIMESTONE, 1 TO 5 FT THICK, ARE PARTIALLY REPLACED BY BARITE.

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.