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Hazara-Kakul

Producer in Pakistan with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Ownership information
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10303979
MAS/MILS ID 5350150016
Record type Site
Current site name Hazara-Kakul
Alternate or previous names Lagarban, Hazara, Kakul Kakil, Kakool

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 73.20058, 34.21795 (WGS84)
Elevation 1600
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pakistan(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Pakistan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 73.20058, 34.21795
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 4.3M
    Length 1372M
    Width 100M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Date of Last Modification 910927

Comments on the geologic information

  • DIP OF MINERALIZED ZONE = 30 DEGREES. IN THE ABBOTTABAD COMPLEX, PHOSPHATE ROCK FORMS BEDS, LENSES AND STRINGERS IN A THICK SEQUENCE OF CHERTY DOLOMITES
  • OTHER PHOSPHATE MINERALS PRESENT = DAHLITE, AND FRANCOLITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1970
Mining method Filled Stopes - Inclined Cut and Fill
Milling method Sizing

Comments on exploration

  • DETAILED EXPLORATION BEGAN AT KAKUL IN 1972.

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Sarhad Development Authority -(Sda) Government Of Pakistan
    Interest 100
    Home office Pakistan
    Year 1985

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1979
    Measured 500000mt ore
    Demonstrated 500000mt ore
    Total resources 500000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 28.5 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1979
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1979
    Measured 14000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 14000000mt ore
    Total resources 14000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 27 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1979
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1987
    Measured 300000mt ore
    Demonstrated 700000mt ore
    Total resources 700000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 28.5 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1987

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ZWI DELIVERED ONLY ONE REPORT FOR BOTH HAZARAS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method OTHER FILLED STOPE METHODS
    Percent Recovery 80
    Capacity 200
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 300
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1985

Comments on other economic factors

  • CONCENTRATED PHOSPAHTE ROCK IS SENT TO A FERTILIZER PLANT AT FAISALABAD, PAKISTAN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, JULY 1987, PP. 33-34.

  • Deposit

    ANONYMOUS, PAKISTAN, WORLD MINING DIRECTORY NUMBER, 1979,

  • Deposit

    AUGUST 1979.

  • Deposit

    ANONYMOUS, PAKISTAN, WORLD MINING CATALOG, SURVEY AND

  • Deposit

    DIRECTORY NUMBER 1980, AUGUST 1980, P. 204.

  • Deposit

    DIRECTORY NUMBER NUMBER 1981, AUGUST 1981, PP. 145,146.

  • Deposit

    ANONYMOUS, PAKISTAN: GREEN LIGHT FOR PO4 PROJECT, INDUSTRIAL

  • Deposit

    MINERALS, APRIL 1981, P. 15.

  • Deposit

    ANONYMOUS, PAKISTAN PHOSPHATES, MINING MAGAZINE, MAY 1977.

  • Deposit

    ANONYMOUS, PHOSPHATE STUDY IN PAKISTAN, MINING JOURNAL,

  • Deposit

    JULY 25, 1980.

  • Deposit

    ASARULLAH, PHOSPHATE, POTASH AND NATURAL GAS OCCURRENCES IN

  • Deposit

    PAKISTAN, PP. 66-67, IN: LEE, A.I. (EDITOR), FERTILIZER

  • Deposit

    MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION,

  • Deposit

    FEBRUARY 1980.

  • Deposit

    BRITISH SULPHUR, WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 4TH

  • Deposit

    EDITION, 1980, P. 174.

  • Deposit

    COOK, P.J. AND J.H. SHERGOLD (EDITORS), PROTEROZOIS AND

  • Deposit

    CAMBRIAN PHOSPHORITES, REPORT ON THE FIRST INTERNATION-

  • Deposit

    AL MEETING OF IGCP PROJECT 156, ANU PRESS, CANBERRA,

  • Deposit

    106 PP.

  • Deposit

    SHELDON, R.P. AND WILLIAM C. BURNETT (EDITORS), FERTILIZER

  • Deposit

    MINERAL POTENTIAL IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC, PROCEEDINGS

  • Deposit

    OF THE FERTILIZER RAW MATERIALS RESOURCES WORKSHOP,

  • Deposit

    AUGUST 20-24, 1979, HONOLULU, HAWAII, 477 PP.

  • Deposit

    SPATE, O.H.K., INDIA AND PAKISTAN: A GENERAL AND REGIONAL

  • Deposit

    GEOGRAPHY. SECOND EDITION, 1957, 829 PP.

  • Deposit

    WIMPFEN, S.P., TRIP REPORT TO PAKISTAN, MAY 15-MAY 30, 1978.

  • Deposit

    MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1984, P. 352.

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, FEBRUARY 1985, P. 67.

  • Deposit

    INTERNATINOAL MINING, APRIL 1985, PP. 77-78.

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, JUNE 1985, P. 73.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, AUGUST 9, 1985, P. 103.

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NOVEMBER 1985, P. 81.

  • Deposit

    BRITISH SULPHUR CORPORATION, WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS, FIFTH ED., LONDON, 1987, PP. 202-203.

  • Deposit

    GREEN MARKETS, AUGUST 15, 1988, P. 9.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE KAKUL AND LAGARBAN DEPOSITS ARE VERY SIMILAR; FOR MAS, SEE SEQ# 5350150017. THREE DEPOSITS IN THE HAZARA DISTRICT OF THE NORTHWEST PROVINCE HAVE BEEN EXPLORED; KAKUL, LAGARBAN, MIRPUR.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-JAN-1995 Fantel, Richard J. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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