Mine detail: Khewra

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 32.64866, 73.01725

Resource(N)

Primary: Halite
Ore: Halite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host rock:Punjab Saline Series (Lower Saline Mmbr)
Host type:Evaporite
Structure:Diapiric Salt Structure, North-Trending Faults In The Western Part Of Deposit

References

MRDSI000168
DEP10023315
Reference{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.}
ReporterOrris, Greta J.