Mine detail: Khewra

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Location: Punjab, Pakistan, Asia
Lat / long: 32.64866, 73.01725
dep_id: 10023315
mrds_id: I000168
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Halite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Halite
model: 252: Salt domes: diapiric salt structures
Reporter: Orris, Greta J.
hrock_unit: Punjab Saline Series (Lower Saline Mmbr)
hrock_type: Evaporite
Structure: Diapiric Salt Structure, North-Trending Faults In The Western Part Of Deposit
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.
  • Deposit:: GRIFFITHS, JOYCE, 1987, PAKISTA* MINERAL POTENTIAL--PRINCE OR PAUPER?: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 238, P. 20-43.
  • Production:: GRIFFITHS, 1987.
  • Reserve-Resource:: BILGRAMI, 1982, P. 175; GRIFFITHS, 1987.
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