BS-II Attock-Cherrat

Attock Cherrat Ranges
Location
 Attock-Cherrat lies b/w Peshawar basin on
north and Kala Chitta Ranges South; Nizampur
basin to SE
 At west of Nizampur Basin; Attock-Cherrat Ranges
merges into Kala Chitta Ranges
 Attock-Cherrat Ranges divided into three main
blocks, from north to south;
 1. Nothern Block
 Khairabad Fault
 2. Central Block
 Cherrat Fault
 3. Southern Block
Stratigraphy
Age Formations Block

Devonian Inzari Limestone
Ordivician Hissartang Formation Southern Block
Cambrian Darwazai Formation
Cherrat Fault
Precambrian Dhakhner Formation Central Block
Khairabad Fault
Precambrian Shekhi Formation
Utch Khattak Limestone
Northern Block
Shakot Bala Formation
Manki Formation
1. Manki Formation
 Wynne 1873, Attock Slates
 Tahirkheli 1970, Manki Slates
Type Locality
 Named after village Maki (330 57’ 00’’ N; 710 58’ 00’’ E)
Lithology
 Argillite, slate and Phyllite; of dark grey, thin bedded
 Rocks are dark greenish grey or dark grey on fresh surface and olive grey or reddish brown on
weathered surface
 Argillite and slates contains two sets of cleaveages; one parallel to bedding and other axial plain
Thickness/Distribution
 Distributed in Attock-Cherrat ranges and Ghandghar Ranges
 Max thickness 950m
Fossils
 Not yet found
Age
 Age of Manki Formation is Precambrian based on lithological correlation; equivalent to Hazara
Formation
Contact
 Lower: not exposed
 Upper: conformable with Shakot Bala Formation
2. Shakot Bala Formation
 Tahirkheli 1970, Shakot Bala Formation
Type Locality
 Village Shakot Bala (330 51’ 00’’ N; 710 52’ 00’’ E), well developed between Shakot Bala and
Shakhi Nala
Lithology
 Limestone and Argillite
 Limestone is cherty, yellowish grey and hard at the base, in upper part is thin bedded having
stromatolites
 Argillite is dark and greenish grey
 Exposed in the Attock-Cherrat Range and Ghandghar Range
 About 300m thick
Fossils
 Not well documented but bryozoans can be found
Age
 Precambrian
Contact
 Lower: conformable with Manki Formation
 Upper: conformable with Utch-Khattak Limestone
3. Utch Khattak Limstone
 Tahirkheli 1970, Khattak limestone
 Hussain 1983, Utch Khattak Formation
 SCP called it as Utch Khattak Limestone
Type Locality
 Located at 330 54’ 00’’ N; 710 48’ 00’’ E
Lithology
 Limestone and shale
 Limestone is thin to thick bedded, lower part of limestone is grey, thin bedded at places contains
stromatolites
 Shale is dark greenish grey, to brown, thinnly laminated
 Well distributed in Attock-Cherrat and Ghandghar Range
 Total thickness 200-250m and max thickness recorded at Shekhai Nala
Fossils
 Not documented
Age
 The age by 87Sr/86Sr ratio is to be Late-Precambrian
Contact
 Lower: conformable with Shakot Bala Formation
 Upper: conformable with Shekhai Formation
4. Shekhai Formation
 Hussain and Yeats 1987, Shekhai Formation
Type Locality
 Shekhai in Cherrat Range (330 53’ 00’’ N; 710 55’ 00’’ E)
Lithology
 Largely limestone and Marble interbeds with lesser amount of quartzite, dolomite and shale
 Limestone varies in colour, from grey, light brown to pink, thin to massive bedded, locally oolitic
 Ghanghar Range; patches of white brecciated of marble accociated with igneous dykes, suggest local
thermal metamorphism of limestone
Fossils
 Not yet reported
Age
 Late-Precambrina
Contact
 Lower: conformable with Utch-Khattak Formation in Cherrat, by Hussain and Yeasts 1987 while
Pouge et al 1999 suggested that it is unconformable with Utch-Khattak Formation
at Ghandghar Range it is unconformable with Manki Formation
 Upper: Faulted with Dakhner Formation
at Ghandghar Range unconformable with Tanol Formation
5. Dakhner Formation
 Wynne 1873, Attock Slates
 Tahirkheli 1970, Attock Formation
 Hussain and Yeats 1987, Dakhner Formation
Type Locality
 Dakhner Formation after Village
Lithology
 Sandstone, argillite and limestone
 Sandstone and argillite are grey to greenish grey, sandstone having thick to massive bedded having
ripple marks
 At one place dolomite dyke is observed
 Distributed in Attock-Cherrat ranges, thickness reported from here is about 1000m
Fossils
 Not reported
Age
 Precambrian
Contact
 Lower: Faulted with Shekhai Formation
 Upper: Faulted with Darwazai Formation
6. Darwazai Formation
 Darwazai first used by Tahirkheli et al 1970
Type Locality
 Type near Darwazai Village (300 49’ 00’’ N; 720 14’ 00’’ E)
Lithology
 Limestone and dolomite; are cream in colour and are overlain by argillite
 Older sequence in the southern block
Fossils
Age
 Cambrian
Contact
 Lower: may be faulted with Dakhner Formation
 Upper: conformable with Hissartang Formation
7. Hissartang Formation
 First term used by Tahirkheli 1970; Hissartang Formation with two members
 Nasir and Shafiq 1980, called this two member as Hissartang Group
 Later Hussain 1984, differentiate the upper of the group as Inzari Limestone and Lower one as
Hissartang Formation
Type Locality
 Hissartang Village, southern foothills of Attock-Cherrat ranges (300 50’ 00’’ N; 720 10’ 00’’ E)
Lithology
 Quartzite with argillite beds in the middle
 Quartzite; white to grey, fine grained, contains impression of worm burrows
 Argillite; dark grey to black, laminated
 In Attock-Cherrat Ranges; thickness about 650m
Fossils
 Not reported yet
Age
 Middle Ordovician
Contact
 Lower: conformable with Darwazai Foramtion
 Upper: conformable with Inzari Limestone
8. Inzari Limestone
 Tahirkheli 1970, member of Hissartang Formation
 Nasir and Shafiq, included it in Hissartang Group
 Hussain 1984, Place it in separate Formation
Type Locality
 Name after Inzari Village in the southern faulted block of Attock-Cherrat
Lithology
 Limestone; thin bedded, yellowish to greenish grey and crystalline, stylolites
are common
Fossils
Age
 Hussain et al 1990, Early Devonian
Contact
 Lower: conformable with Hissartang Formation
 Upper: Upper faulted contact, at some localities is overlain by Hangu
Formation

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