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Name

Type Locality

1.

Nagar Parkar Granite

Not Designed

2.

Kirana Group

Not Designed

3.

Salt Range Formation

Khewra gorge, eastern

Salt Range, Punjab

4.

Hazara Formation

5.

Salkhala Formation

6.

Khewra Sandstone

7.

Kussak Formation

8.

Jutana Formation

9.

Baghanwala
Formation

10.

Khisor Formation

11.

Tanawul Formation

12.

Abbottabad Formation

13.

Hazira Formation
Cambrian rocks of
N.E. (undefine)

14
15

Landikotal Formation

Not designed
Salkhala village, Kishan
Ganja River, Kashmir
Khewra gorge Khewra,
Salt Range, Punjab
Kussak Fort , eastern Salt
Range, Punjab
Jutana Village,
eastern Salt Range,
Punjab
Baghanwala Village,
eastern Salt Range,
Punjab
Saiyiduwali (Khisor
Range)
Not designed
Sirban Hill, Abottabad,
(NWFP)
Hazira Village

Lithology
Granite, grey,
composed of
orthoclase
Slate
Gypsum beds,
dolomite, clay,
greenish & low grade
oil shale
Slate, phyllite & shale

Age
Late Precambrian
Late Precambrian
Tertiary
microfossils
reported
Late Precambrian

Slate

Late Precambrian

Sandstone

Early Cambrian

Sandstone, Siltstone
Dolomite

Early Mid.
Cambrian Late
Early Cambrian

Shale, Clay

Mid. Cambrian

Upper part: Shale

Lower part: Gypsum
Biotite, muscovite
quartz schist and
andalusite staurotite
schist
Dolomite, quartize &
phyllite
Siltstone, shaly
Greywacke, shale and
limestone

Early Mid.
Cambrian
Cambrian

Early Cambrian
Early Cambrian
Cambrian

Landikotal, (N.W.F.P)

Phyllite, slate

Paleozoic to
Mesozoic

Not designed

Sedimentary and
metamorphic
sequences- Limestone,
Phyllite

Ordivician-Early
SilurianPrecambrian

Phyllite, limestone

Late Silurian

Limestone & dolomite,

reef core,
carbonate/reef breccia

Late Silurian to
Early Devonian

Quartzite and dolomite

lenses

Devonian

Limestone, dolomitic
limestone
Series of shale,
quartzite, limestone,
dolomite and marble

Carboniferous- Pre
late Devonian
Early Devonian to
Mid. Silurian to
Carbonifereous

16

Attock Formation

17

Kandar Pyhllite

18

Nowshera Formation

19

Misri Banda quartzite

20

Pir Sabak Formation

Not designed

21

Khyber Carbonates

Not designated

5 Km north of Nowshere
(Nowshera-Risalpur
Road)
5 Km north of Nowshere
(Nowshera-Risalpur
Road)
12 Km east of Nowshera
(Nowshera-Risalpur
Road)

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Name

Type Locality

Lithology

Age

22

Shagai Limestone

1 Km N.E. of Shagai
(Khyber area, NWFP)

Dolomitic limestone

Allurian to Early
Devonian

23

Ali Masjid Formation

Ali Masjid village (Khyber

Pass, NWFP)

Sandstone & quartzite,

limestone, siltstone,
conglomerate

Late Devonian

24

Devonian rock Chitral

Limestone

Early Devonian

25

Khyber Limestone

Limestone

Permian

26

Shakhai Formation

Dolomitic

PermoCarbonifeous

27

Sarikol Slate

Not designed

28

Darkot Group

Not designed

29

Chalt Schist

Not designated (SW of

Chalt Hunza)?

30

Baltit Group

Not designated (near

Baltit Hunza)?

31

Pasu Slate

Not designated (Pasu

valley Gilligit)?

32

Panjal Formation &

Agglomerate Slate

Not designated (at apex

of Hazara syntaxis)?

33.

Permian rocks of
Baluchistan

Not designed (Wulgai,

Gaza band-Kalat
Balochistan)

34

Nilwahan Group

Not designated

35

Tobra Formation

Tobra village, eastern Salt

Range) Punjab

36

Dandot Formation

Dandot village, eastern

Salt Range, Punjab

37

Warcha Sandstone

Warcha gorge, Salt

Range, Punjab

Ali Masjid village (Khyber

Pass, NWFP)
Shakhai 16 km west of
Nowshera, NWFP

Slate, quartzite,
calcareous beds and
few volcanic rock
Slate, Limestone,
quartzite,
conglomerate, schist,
marble, gneiss and
volcanic rocks
Schist, quartz biotite
schist, phyllite
Garnet staurolite,
schist, garnet, mica
schist, garnet
amphibolite, coarsely,
crystalline marble, and
micaceous.
Interbedded with
quartzite and limestone
Volcanic greenstone,
metamorphosed lava
flows
Limestone with marl
and clay
Includes Tobra Fm.
Dandot Fm. Warcha
Sst. And Sardhi Fm.
Tillitic facies with
marine
sandstone. Fresh
water facies: few or no
boulders, alternating
siltstone and shale with
spores; Complex
facies: diamietite,
sandstone & boulder
bed
Sandstone, shale,
fossiliferous in the
basal part
Sandstone, bedded
pebbles of granite

CarboniferousPermian

Permo
-Carbonifeous
CarboniferousPermian

CarboniferousPermian

CarboniferousPermian
CarboniferousPermian
Permian

Permian

Early Permian

Early Permian
Early Permian

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Name

Type Locality

38

Sardhai Formation

Sardhai gorge, eastern

Salt Range, Punjab

39

Zaluch Group

Zaluch Nala, western Salt

Range, Punjab

40

Amb Formation

41

Wargal Limestone

42

Chhidru Formation

43

Wulgai Formation

44

Mianwali Formation

45

Tredian Formation

46

Kingriali Formation

47

Chak Jabbi Limestone

48

Shirinab Formation

49

Chiltan Limestone

50

Mazar Drik Formation

51

Datta Formation

52

Shinawari Formation

53

Samana Suk
Formation

Amb village, central Salt

Range, Punjab
Wargal village, central
Salt Range, Punjab
Chhidru nala, Salt Range,
Punjab
Wulgai village Muslimbag
h, Baluchistan
Not designated: Ref
Sections: Zaluch Nala,
western Salt Range &
Tappan Wahan, Khisor
Range
Not designated Ref:
sections: Zaluch Nala
western Salt Range &
Tappan Wahan, Khisor
Range
Not
designated, (reference
sections: Zaluch Nala,
western Salt Range &
Tappan Wahan, Khisor
Range
North of Chak Jabbi (Kala
Chitta Range) Ref:
Section Gabh village
Shirinab River section
(Chapppar Mingochar &
Shirinab valley, Kalat,
Baluchistan)
Chiltan Range S.W of
Quetta, Baluchistan
Mazar Drik, Masri Hills
Baluchistan
Datta Nala, Surghar
Range
Shinawari village (western
Samana Range Kohat
NWFP)
NE of Shinawari (Samana
Range, NWFP)

Lithology
Clay, sandstone and
siltstone
and carbonaceous
shale & chalcopyrite &
copper
Sandstone, shale,
sandy limestone, pure
argillaceous limestone
and dolomite,
sandy and calcareous
sandstone

Age
Early Permian

Early to Late
Permian

Shale, limestone

Artinskian (Lower
Permian)

Limestone & dolomite

Mid. Permian

Sandstone, shale

Late Permian

Shale, limestone

Early to Late
Triassic

Shale, varied facies

Lower. Triassic:
Scythian

Non marine unit.

Sandstone, Shale

Mid. Triassic

Dolomite & dolomite

Limestone , marl,
Shale

Mid. Triassic

Limestone

Mid. Triassic

Interbedded limestone
& shale

Early Jurassic

Limestone, chert

Mid. Jurassic

Interbeds of shale &

limestone, fossiliferous
Siltstone & mudstone,
glass sand, fire clay
Limestone, shale

Limestone

Late Bathonian
Jurassic: Pre
Toarcian
Middle Jurassic
- Early Jurassic
(Toarchian)
Mid. Collovian (Salt
Range) Bathonian
(Kala Chitta)

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Name

Type Locality

54

Sinjrani Volcanic
Group

Sinjrani District, Chagai

Baluchistan

55

Humai Formation

56

Bela Volcanic Group

57

Lithology

Age

Koh Humai Hill (Koh- i Sultan Chagai,

Baluchistan)
Bela Town, Lasbela
Baluchistan

Agglomerate &
Volcanic conglomerate,
tuff, calcareous shale
Shale, sandstone,
siltstone,
conglomerate,
Tuff, chert, limestone,
shale, marl

Sembar Formation

Sembar Pass, (Marri

Hills) Baluchistan

Shale, Sandy Shale,

Limestone

58

Goru Formation

Goru village (Nar River,

southern Kirthar Range)

Siltstone, shale

59

Parh Limestone

Parh Range (Gaj River up

reaches Baluchistan)

Limestone,
Marl, Calcareous Shal
e

60

Moghalkot Formation

Moghal Kot, Zhob & D.I.

Khan Road

Mudstone, shale, marl

61

Fort Munro Formation

Western flank of Fort

Munro anticline (Frt.
Munro-DG Khan Road)

Limestone calcareous
shale

62

Pab Sandstone

Pab range Wirahab Nai

(Kirthar Province)

Sandstone

63

Moro Formation

Moro River (Johan Bibi

Nani) Baluchistan

Limestone, marl

Maestrichtian

64

Chichaili Formation

Chichaili Pass (Surghar

Range)

Sandstone, glauconitic
shale with phosphate
nodules

Cretaceous

Sandstone, shale,
limestone

Aptian to Early
Albian ( Kohat) U.
Neocomian to Mid.
Albian (Kala Chitta
& S. Hazara)
In Hazara
Tithonian to Mid.
Albian (Fatmi
1972)

Mari, challor, dark &

shale

Late Coriacian to
Companian

Sandstone, tuff

Paleocene

Conglomerate,
limestone & andesitic

Paleocene

65

Lumshiwal Formation

66

Kawagarh Formation

67

Rakhshani Formation

68

Ispikan Conglomerate

Lumshiwal Nala (Salt

Range)

Kawagarh hills (north of

Kala Chitta Cambellpur
District)
Rokhshani (eastern end
of Dalbandin Chagai)
Baluchistan
Ispikan, north Makran
Balochistan

Cretaceous
Maestrichtian (faun
al evidence)
Cretaceous
Neocomian, likely
extends down to
Late Jurassic
Mainly Early
Cretaceous (may
extend Late
Jurassic to Late
Cretaceous)
Late Cretaceous
Campanian to
Early Maestrichtian
(Marks
1962:Williams
1959)
Late Campanian to
early
Maestrichtian)
Maestrichtian
(funal evidance
William , 1959,
Hunting Survey
1961)

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Name

Type Locality
Ranikot Fort northern part
of Lakhi Range in Sindh
Khadro Bara Nai section
northern Lakhi Range
Sindh
Bara Nai, Northern Lakhi
Range, Sindh
Lakhra Bolari section,
southern lank of Lakkra
anticline, lakhi Range
Sindh
Mirhat Tangi, 8km NE of
hanai, Loralai Distt,
Balochistan
Fort Lockhart, Samana
Range Kohat, NWFP
Fort Lockhart Samana
Range Kohat, NWFP
Patala Nala Range
Punjab

Lithology
rocks
Limestone, sandstone,
shale

69

Ranikot Group

70

Khadro Formation

71

Bara Formation

72

Lakhra Formation

73

Dungan Formation

74

Hangu Formation

75

Lockhart Limestone

76

Patala Formation

77

Saindak Formation

Saindak Fort, Chaga

Baluchistan

78

Kharan Formation

Near Jalwar, Kharan

District. Baluchistan

Limestone,

79

Nisai Formation

North of Nisai Railway.

Station Muslim Bagh,
Baluchistan

Limestone, Marl, Shale

80

Ghazij Formation

Spintangi, Hanai Distt.

Baluchistan

81

Laki Formation

Mari Nai, SW of Bara Nai

northern Lakhi range Sind

82

Kirthar Formation

Gaj River Section Kirthar

Range Dadu, Sindh

83

Panoba Shale

84

Shekhan Formation

85

Bahadar Khel Salt

86

Margala Hill
Limestone

87

Jatta Gypsum

88

Ghorgali Formation

South of Panoba village

Kohat NWFP
Shekhan Nala Kohat,
NWFP
Bahadar Khel Salt Quarry
Kohat, NWFP
Jatta Gypsum Quarry,
Kohat NWFP
Jatta Gypsum Quarry
Kohat NWFP
Ghorgali Pass Khair
Murat Range Potwar,

Age
Paleocene

Sandstone, shale,
basaltic flows

Early Paleocene

Sandstone, shale

Middle Paleocene

Limestone, Sandstone,
shale interbeds

Late Paleocene

Limestone, Marl,
conglomerate
Shale, Carbonaceous
Shale, nodular
Limestone, trans,
fossiliferous
Shale & marl,
limestone
Interbeds of shale,
sandstone, volcanic
rocks,

Shale, claystone,
albaster,
Limestone, calcareous
shale, sandstone,
laterite

Paleocene to Lr.
Eocene(funal
evidence)
Early Paleocene
(faunal evidence)
Paleocene
(faunal evidence)
Late Paleocene
Eocene to
Oligocene (Faunal
evidence)
Early to Mid
Eocene (mid
extend down into
Paleocene)
Eocene to
Oligocene in
Wagabi ) Early to
Mid Eocene
Lower Eocene (on
faunal evidence)
Early Eocene

Interbeds of limestone,
shale with minor marl,

M. Eocene to
Oligocene (Kirthar
Province

Shale

Early Eocene

Shale, limestone

Early Eocene

Salt, sandstone & clay

Early Eocene

Marl, limestone

Early Eocene

Gypsum

Early Eocene

Shale, limestone

Early Eocene

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Name

Type Locality
Punjab
Kuldana Village Muree
Hill, Hazara NWFP
Section along Kohat
Kushal garh highway
Nammal Gorge Salt
Range, Punjab
Sakesar Peak, Salt
Range, Punjab

Lithology

Age

Shale, marl, bleached

dolomite
Interbeds of limestone
& shale
Shale intercalation,
marl, limestone

Early to
Mid.Eocene
Early to
Mid.Eocene

89

Kuldana Formation

90

Kohat Formation

91

Nammal Formation

92

Sakesar Limestone

93

Amalaf Formation

94

Marken Group

95

Khojak Formation

96

Momani Group

97

Nari Formation

98

Hingalj Formation

Not Designated
Talar Gorge & Jiwani

Shale, mudstone minor

conglomerate

99

Gaj Formation

Gaj River,Dadu, Sindh

Shale, fossiliferous

100

Rawalpindi Gourp

Not Designated

101

Muree Formation

North of Dhok Maiki,

Campbellpur, Punjab

102

Kamlail

Southwest of Kamlail,
Campbellpur, Punjab

Sandstone

103

Siwalik Group

Not designated

Clay, fossiliferous

104

Chinji Formation

105

Nagri Formation

106

Dhok Pathan
Formation

107

Soan Formation

108

Gawadar Formation

Amalf Section Chagai

Baluchistan
Not designated relates to
Makran coast,
Baluchistan
Nauroz, 30 km NE of
Kharan Kalat, Baluchistan
Momani River section,
Dadu Sind
Gaj River Section Kirthar
range, Dadu, Sindh

South of Chinji,
Campbellpur, Punjab
Nagri village,
Campbellpur District,
Punjab
Dhok village Campbellpur
District, Punjab
Gaji Jagir, Sahil Road
near Mujahid village
north.of Soan River,
Campellpur District,
Punjab
Gawadar, Makran,
Balochistan

Early Eocene

Marl, limestone

Early Eocene

Volcanic rocks
sandstone,
agglomerate,

Oligocene

Clastic sediments

Eocene to Early
Pleistocene

Shale, siltstone
Marine sediments with
some estuarine shale
Shale, sandstone

Sandstone, Shale of
fresh water origin
Silstone, fossiliferous,
Monotonous sequence
of clay

Eocene to Early
Miocene
Oligocene to Early
Miocene
Oligocene to Early
Miocene
Miocene to
Pliocene in
Balochistan Basin.
Oligocene to
Pleistocene in Axial
Belt
Early to Middle
Miocene
Miocene
Early Miocene
Mid. to Late
Miocene
Early Pleistocene
Mid. Miocene

Clay, sandstone

Late Miocene

Salt, conglomerate,
clay

Early Pliocene

Sandstone, clay,
conglomerate

Mid. Pliocene

Conglomerate,
siltstone

Villafranchian Late
Astian

Sandy clay

Late Pliocene

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Name

109

Jiwani Formation

110

Haro Conglomerate

111

Bostan Formation

112

Lei Conglomerate

Type Locality

Lithology

East of Jiwani to Ganj,

Makran, Baluchistan
Kech Valley near Gish
Kaur, Kharan, Balochistan
Pishi Lora valley, Pishin
District. Baluchistan
Lei River Section SE of
Rawalpindi Punjab

Shally, conglomerate,
sandstone
Congl , claystone,
siltstone

Age
Pleistocene
Pleistocene

Clay, conglomerate

Pleistocene

Congl, Silstone,
Eocene rocks

Pleistocene