MINERAL MAP OF PAKISTAN 37

71 73 75

Gilgit
Metallic Minerals Skardu

Chromite
35
Manganese
Iron ore Non-Metallic Minerals M u z a f f aJ Ar MaMbU a d
AND

Copper / Gold Peshawar KASHMIR

Zinc-Lead Dimension Stones ISLAMABAD

( D i s p u t e d Te r r i t o r y )

Aragonite/Marble 33

Clays Granite
67
Bentonite Onyx marble
Lahore
China clay
Fire clay 31
Fuller’s earth
61 63 65 Quetta
Gemstones
Emerald 29
Peridot
Ruby Chemical, Fertilizer &
Topaz Industrial Minerals
Tourmaline Barite (Barytes)
27
Aquamarine
Dolomite
Fuels Feldspar
Coal Gypsum (including anhydrite)
Magnesite
Oil 25
Phosphate
Gas Karachi Rock salt
Oil &Gas Silica sand
Uranium Soapstone / Talc
0 100 200 Km
IMPORTANT MINERAL FINDS
 Celestite of Nooriabad Sindh and  Lead-Zinc, Barite at Haripur -
Daudkhel Punjab – 2003 2003
 Massive Sulphide Soap Dhoro and  Fluorite & Barite, Loralai (2000)
Anna Dhoro, Lasbela (2002)

 Iron ore, Nizampur (2002)  Dilband Iron Ore, (1998)

 Nooriabad 2003
 Fluorite & Barite, Kalat (2000),  Zinc-Lead, Lasbela & Khuzdar
(1975-86)
Khuzdar (2003)
 Reko Diq Copper – Gold, Chagai
(1978-79)
 Thar Coal, Sindh (1992)  Saindak Copper-Gold, Chagai
 Chiniot Iron Ore, (1988) (1969-78)
 Dolomite, Mastung (1976)  Magnesite, Hazara (1960)
 Phosphate, Hazara (1970)
 Coal Deposits in Chamlang Area  Feldspar, Hazara & Swat (1960)
(1960)
MINERAL POTENTIAL OF PAKISTAN
IMPORTANT MINERAL FINDS
 Light weight Aggregate Material  Fire Clay, Salt Range Punjab
Chagai (1960); Attock Cherat (1958)

 China Clay, Nagar Parker,  Celestite, Thano Bula Khan

Shahdheri Swat, Hazara, Mohmand (1957), Daudkhel (2001)
Agency (1959)
 Fluorite, Kalat (1958)  Barite, Khuzdar (1956)

 Bentonite, AJK (1957), Ghari  Onyx marble, Chagai (1952)

Chandan, Peshawar

 Uranium, D.G. Khan (1956) &  Iron Ore, Chitral, Kalabagh,

Bagrian, Hazara District Chilghazi

 Aquamarine, Gilgit (1951) & Chitral

MINERALS UNDER EXPLORATION
1. Antimony 19. Dolomite 35. Nepheline
2. Aragonite/Marble 20. Emerald 36. Syenite
3. Argillaceous Clay 21. Epidot 37. Ochers
4. Asbestos 22. Feldspar 38. Phosphate
5. Ball Clay 23. Fire Clay 39. Pumice
6. Barytes 24. Flint Stone 40. Quartz
7. Basalt 25. Fluorite 41. Red Oxide
8. Bauxite 26. Garnet 42. Rock Salt
9. Bentonite 27. Granite 43. Ruby
10. Beryl 28. Gypsum 44. Serpentine
11. Brine 29. Iron Ore 45. Shale Clay
12. Building Stone 30. Laterite 46. Silica Sand
13. Calcite 31. Limestone 47. Soap Stone
14. Celestite 32. Magnesite 48. Sulphur
15. Chalk 33. Manganese 49. Tourmaline
16. China Clay 34. Marble Onyx 50. Trona
17. Chromite
18. Coal From 5 at the time of Independence to 50 under
exploitation today
 PRESENT MAJOR MINERALS PRODUCTION
NON METALLIC
S. NO. MINERALS RESERVES PRODUCTION VALUE
(TONNES) MILLION
RS.
1. Coal 185 b Tonnes 3,372,871 4,215
2. Dolomite Very Large 1,335,851 284
3. Gypsum Very Large 334,441 40
4. Gemstones 1,000
5. Limestone Very Large 8,939,066 1,520
6. Marble Very Large 387,674 174
7. Rock Salt Very Large 1,359,776 249
8. Silica Sand Very Large 90,215 18
9. Marble Onyx Large 42,827 28
10. Miscellaneous - - 392
Total: 7,920
US$ 137
Million
 MAJOR MINERAL RESOURCES OF PAKISTAN

COMMODITY RESERVES PRODUCTION

M.Tonnes Tonnes
Antimony 0.026 35
Chromite 0.547 (Muslim Bagh) 27,458
Copper 1352 -
METALLIC Gold (million ounces) 2.24 -
Iron ore 925 24,322
Lead Zinc 58 -
Manganese 0.229 (Khuzdar) 655
MINERAL MAP OF PUNJAB, PAKISTAN
MINERAL MAP OF BALOCHISTAN, PAKISTAN
MINERAL MAP OF SINDH, PAKISTAN
 MINERAL MAP OF KPK., PAKISTAN
70
71 72 73

37

Metallic Minerals
Antimony Laterite
Arsenic Lead & Zinc
Chromite Manganese Mastuj
Copper Nickel
36
Gold Tin
Tungsten Chitral
Iron
1

Non-Metallic/Industrial Minerals Drosh Kalam

Limestone Dammel Nissar
Alum Dasu
Asbestos Magnesite Dir
Madyan
Marble/Aragonite Jijal
Barite 35

Bentonite Mica Khar

1 1 BeshamKagan
2

Saidu
Nepheline Syenite 1

China Clay
Ochre Malakand
Corundum 3
Koga Mansehra
7

Pyrite 3
1

Dolomite 1 17
4
2

Mardan
Feldspar Phosphorite 34 5
Swabi Abbottabad
6

6 Peshawar Nowshera Haripur 7

Quartz Parachinar
Fire Clay 8 Cherat
Sadda 6

Fluorite Quartzite
Hangu Kohat
Fuller's Earth Rock Salt
Thal 1

Garnet Silica Sand

Miran Shah
Granite Soapstone/Talc
33
Bannu
Karak
4

Graphite Sulphur Razmak

Gypsum/Anhydrite Vermiculite Lakki

Kyanite Pezu
Wana Jandola 2 9

Tank
Laterite 32

D. I. Khan
Precious & Decorative Stones 6
20
0 20
Sc al e

60
100km
Daraban
Aquamarine Topaz
Beryl Tourmaline
Emerald Tsavorite
(Green garnet)
Jadeite
MINERAL MAP OF NORTHERN AREAS, PAKISTAN
 MAJOR MINERAL FINDS OF GSP UNDEDR EXPLOITATION

SAINDAK & REKO DIQ COPPER - GOLD DEPOSIT

Saindak
Discovered by GSP in 1973. GSP initiated the work and in collaboration
with RDC completed the prefeasibility study
Reserves > 400 million tonnes
Copper = 0.4 % with 1.7 million tonnes
Gold = 0.30 – 0.48 g/ton
Presently MCC of China has started production with 20,000 tonnes of
copper, > 1.5 tonnes of gold and >2.8 tonnes of silver per annum
 In-Situ value of contained Metal US$ over 5.5 billion at present price
Reko Diq
One of the very promising deposit discovered by GSP in 1978-79
Presently M/S TCC is working to develop the deposit which is expected
to start production within 2-4 years.
Reserves > 1.27 Billions tonnes @ 0.54% Copper and
0.24 g/t Gold
 In-Situ value of contained Metal US$18 billion at present prices.
THE TCC IS COLLOBRATING WITH A CHILEAN COMPANY FOR DEVELOPMENT
Dilband - Iron Ore Deposit
Discovered by GSP in 1998
Haemetitic Iron ore with above 40% Fe2O3
Reserves > 200 million tonnes. 10% of Dilband ore blended with
imported ore will save millions of rupees in foreign exchange for the
country. GSP has helped BME to drill evaluate the deposit for
beneficiation, and exploitation. Mining has already been started and
supply to Pakistan Steel is in progress
In-Situ value of contained Metal Pak. Rs 240 billion or US$ 40 billion at present
prices
Duddar – Lead Zinc Deposit
Discovered and initial investigation done by GSP in 1980
Combined Lead-Zinc Ore with 7% Zn & 3.2% Pb
Reserves = 15.5 million tonnes
MRDL of China has been given the lease to develop Duddar Deposit as join
project with PMDC
In-Situ value of contained Metal US$1.33 billion at present prices.
Gunga and Surmai - Lead Zinc Deposits
Deposits Reserves (M.T) Grade
Gunga 10.00 8.0% Pb-Zn
Surmai 3.00 6.5% Pb-Zn
THAR COAL DEPOSIT

Total Area = 9000 sq.kms.

Total Resources (with 217 drill holes) = 175.5 billion tonnes
Area of Four blocks = 360 sq.km
Coal Reserves with 167 drill holes
Measured (Proved) = 2.7 billion tonnes
Indicated Reserves > 9.5 billion tonnes
Coal Quality (as received base)
Moisture 30 % to 54 %
Sulphur 0.5 % to 1.5 %
Ash 3 % to 10 %
B.T.U / LB 5,780 to 6,398
Coal Rank lignite A – B

 Shenhua Group of China has been leased out 50 sq.kms in Block II to install three
300 MW each thermal power stations based on this coal
Rheinbraun (Germany) has been leased out 20 sq. km. in Block I for open strip
mining feasibility for thermal Power generation. They have completed
prefeasibility study
 GSP on the directive of the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Resources will be
undertaking Coal Bed Methane study in Thar next year
COAL RESOURCES OF PAKISTAN

PROVINCE Million tonnes

SINDH 184,623
PUNJAB 235
BALOCHISTAN 217
NWFP 91
AJK 8
TOTAL 185,174
 COAL RESOURCES OF SINDH
COAL FIELD Million tonnes

Lakhra 1,328
Meting Jhimpir 161
Sonda-Thatta 3,700
Ongar 312
Jherruck Block 1,823
Indus East 1,777
Badin 16
Thar 175,506
TOTAL 184,623
 GSP

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