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Bauxite - West Pakistan

Occurrence in Pakistan with commodity Aluminum
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068674
MRDS ID W001880
Record type Site
Current site name Bauxite - West Pakistan

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 72.83391, 31.99871 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pakistan(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Pakistan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bauxite Ore

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE = AL2O3 - 50%, SIO2 - 30%, FE2O3 - 1.5%, TIO2 - 2%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) 72.83391, 31.99871
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, LENSES
    Length 16093M

Comments on the geologic information

  • BAUXITES OCCUR ALONG EROSIONAL UNCONFORMITY OF POST-PERMIAN AGE, OVERLAIN BY PALEO-EOCENE SHALES AND LIMESTONES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sargodha/Kattha/Punjab

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1973 Bannigan, Jane L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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