Warcha

Producer in Punjab, Pakistan with commodity Halite

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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
Ownership information
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10023314
MRDS ID	I000166
Record type	Site
Current site name	Warcha
Alternate or previous names	Warccha

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	71.98394, 32.41535 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Punjab(province)

Pakistan(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country	State
Pakistan	Punjab

Comments on the location information

IN THE SALT RANGE.

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Halite	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Halite	Ore

Analytical data

Result	THE EXPORT QUALITY OF SALT FROM PUNJAB SALT MINES IS: 98.65% NACL, 0.41% CASO4, 0.40% MGSO4, 0.24% NA2SO4, 0.11% MOISTURE, 0.03% INSOLUBLES, 0.16% UNDETERMINED.

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite

Nearby scientific data

(1)	71.98394, 32.41535	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Producer
Commodity type	Non-metallic
Significant	No

Ownership information

Type Operator

Owner Pakistan Mineral Development Corp. Ltd. (Pmdc)

Type	Operator
Owner	Pakistan Mineral Development Corp. Ltd. (Pmdc)

Comments on the production information

ANNUAL PRODUCTION IS AVERAGE ANNUAL PRODUCTION IN 1987.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	I000166

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
Production

GRIFFITHS, 1987.
Reserve-Resource

BILGRAMI, 1982, P. 175; GRIFFITHS, 1987.

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	THIS IS PROBABLY THE SECOND MOST IMPORTANT SALT AREA IN PAKISTAN. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit	FIVE SEAMS OF HALITE WITH AN AGGREG

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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