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Clay Mineral Deposits in Pakistan

This document summarizes various clay deposits found across different districts and provinces of Pakistan. It notes that kaolinite, hallosite, and china clay deposits are found in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, while fire clay beds are associated with many coal horizons in the Sulaiman foldbelt. Large deposits of fire clay are also expected in the Vihowa and Chaudhwan formations. In total, the document estimates that shale and clay deposits of over 5,799 billion tons are found across the Sulaiman, Kirthar and Balochistan basins, with the majority being Eocene deposits.

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Clay Mineral Deposits in Pakistan

This document summarizes various clay deposits found across different districts and provinces of Pakistan. It notes that kaolinite, hallosite, and china clay deposits are found in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, while fire clay beds are associated with many coal horizons in the Sulaiman foldbelt. Large deposits of fire clay are also expected in the Vihowa and Chaudhwan formations. In total, the document estimates that shale and clay deposits of over 5,799 billion tons are found across the Sulaiman, Kirthar and Balochistan basins, with the majority being Eocene deposits.

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Name Of Clay Minerals District Province Research Article

kaolinite
Hallosite
China clay in KP
25t clay n Blochistan
Khost-Shahrig-Harnai Coalfields clay present there
Sor Range-Sinjidi-Deghari Coalfields
Pir Ismail Ziarat-Margar-Narwar Coalfields
The fire clay beds are associated with many coal horizons in the Sulaiman foldbelt. The possible Ochre/Iron/Fire clay from Chit
Various types of Clay deposits are found Fort Munro, Sangiali, Chamalang (Ghazij), Kahan and Vihowa groups. Large deposits o
In this impmkill In Sindh lateritric clay and ochre, pockets of limonite and ochre are found in Eocene Sohnari Formation at Lakh
china clay from Shah Dheri (Swat);The Shah Dheri deposits contain 2.8mt of raw china clay.
In Smaller deposits found from Dir and Hazara (Ahl) also. So far China clay is being produced from KPK and Sindh.
fire clay from Paniala (D.I.Khan)
bentonite from Karak
various types of clay deposits from Chamalang/Ghazij, Kahan and Vihowa groups; thick immense reserves of fuller’s earth exp
Drazinda formations, Oligocene Vihowa and Chaudhwan formations, etc. show huge deposits of easily minable (200m depth t
Vast resources of shale are found in Pakistan (Table 4) like Jurassic Spingwar, Cretaceous Sembar, Goru, Mughalkot and Vitakr
hre/Iron/Fire clay from Chitarwata, Rakhi Gaj, Vitakri, Drazinda formations and Vihowa group of eastern Sulaiman Foldbelt seems to be si
wa groups. Large deposits of fire clay are expected from different coal bearing formations in Sulaiman Basin
e Sohnari Formation at Lakhra, Meting and Makli hill

KPK and Sindh.

eserves of fuller’s earth expected in Domanda and Baska formations; silica sands; ochre, limonite, iron, fire clay from Chitarwata, Rakhi Ga
asily minable (200m depth to exposed surface) shale estimated as round about 511 billion tons with breakup as Cretaceous 10 billion tons,
Goru, Mughalkot and Vitakri formations, Paleocene Rakhi Gaj, Eocene Shaheed Ghat, Toi, Kingri, Drug, Baska, Domanda and Drazinda form
aiman Foldbelt seems to be significant.

lay from Chitarwata, Rakhi Gaj, Vitakri, Drazinda formations and Vihowa group
as Cretaceous 10 billion tons, Paleocene 1 billion tons, Eocene 400 billion tons and Oligocene-Pliocene 100 billion tons.
, Domanda and Drazinda formations, Oligocene Vihowa and Chaudhwan formations, etc, along with many formations in Kohat and Potwa
billion tons.
ormations in Kohat and Potwar and also in Kirthar basins. Vast and huge deposits of easily mineable (200m depth to exposed surface) shal
depth to exposed surface) shale/clays of Sulaiman, Kirthar and Balochistan basins are being estimated as round about 5799bt with breakup
nd about 5799bt with breakup as Jurassic 33bt, Cretaceous 418bt, Paleocene 27bt, Eocene 4131bt and Oligocene-Pliocene 1190 bt (Malka
ocene-Pliocene 1190 bt (Malkani 2016b; Malkani and Mahmood 2016).

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