|
S.No
|
Name
|
Type
Locality
|
Lithology
|
Age
|
|
1.
|
Nagar
Parkar Granite
|
Not
Designed
|
Granite,
grey, composed of orthoclase
|
Late
Precambrian
|
|
2.
|
Kirana
Group
|
Not
Designed
|
Slate
|
Late
Precambrian
|
|
3.
|
Salt
Range Formation
|
Khewra
gorge, eastern Salt Range, Punjab
|
Gypsum
beds, dolomite, clay, greenish & low grade oil shale
|
Tertiary
microfossils reported
|
|
4.
|
Hazara
Formation
|
Not
designed
|
Slate,
phyllite & shale
|
Late
Precambrian
|
|
5.
|
Salkhala
Formation
|
Salkhala
village, Kishan Ganja River, Kashmir
|
Slate
|
Late
Precambrian
|
|
6.
|
Khewra
Sandstone
|
Khewra
gorge Khewra, Salt Range, Punjab
|
Sandstone
|
Early
Cambrian
|
|
7.
|
Kussak
Formation
|
Kussak
Fort , eastern Salt Range, Punjab
|
Sandstone,
Siltstone
|
|
|
8.
|
Jutana
Formation
|
Jutana
Village, eastern Salt Range, Punjab
|
Dolomite
|
Early
Mid. Cambrian Late Early Cambrian
|
|
9.
|
Baghanwala
Formation
|
Baghanwala
Village, eastern Salt Range, Punjab
|
Shale,
Clay
|
Mid.
Cambrian
|
|
10.
|
Khisor
Formation
|
Saiyiduwali
(Khisor Range)
|
Upper
part: Shale
Lower
part: Gypsum
|
Early
Mid. Cambrian
|
|
11.
|
Tanawul
Formation
|
Not
designed
|
Biotite,
muscovite quartz schist and andalusite staurotite schist
|
Cambrian
|
|
12.
|
Abbottabad
Formation
|
Sirban
Hill, Abottabad, (NWFP)
|
Dolomite,
quartize & phyllite
|
Early
Cambrian
|
|
13.
|
Hazira
Formation
|
Hazira
Village
|
Siltstone,
shaly
|
Early
Cambrian
|
|
14
|
Cambrian
rocks of N.E. (undefine)
|
|
Greywacke,
shale and limestone
|
Cambrian
|
|
15
|
Landikotal
Formation
|
Landikotal,
(N.W.F.P)
|
Phyllite,
slate
|
Paleozoic
to Mesozoic
|
|
16
|
Attock
Formation
|
Not
designed
|
Sedimentary
and metamorphic sequences- Limestone, Phyllite
|
Ordivician-Early
Silurian- Precambrian
|
|
17
|
Kandar
Pyhllite
|
5
Km north of Nowshere (Nowshera-Risalpur Road)
|
Phyllite,
limestone
|
Late
Silurian
|
|
18
|
Nowshera
Formation
|
5
Km north of Nowshere (Nowshera-Risalpur Road)
|
Limestone
& dolomite, reef core, carbonate/reef breccia
|
Late
Silurian to Early Devonian
|
|
19
|
Misri
Banda quartzite
|
12
Km east of Nowshera (Nowshera-Risalpur Road)
|
Quartzite
and dolomite lenses
|
Devonian
|
|
20
|
Pir
Sabak Formation
|
Not
designed
|
Limestone,
dolomitic limestone
|
Carboniferous-
Pre late Devonian
|
|
21
|
Khyber
Carbonates
|
Not
designated
|
Series
of shale, quartzite, limestone, dolomite and marble
|
Early
Devonian to Mid. Silurian to Carbonifereous
|
|
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
|
Ali
Masjid village (Khyber Pass, NWFP)
|
Limestone
|
Permian
|
|
26
|
Shakhai
Formation
|
Shakhai
16 km west of Nowshera, NWFP
|
Dolomitic
|
Permo-Carbonifeous
|
|
27
|
Sarikol
Slate
|
Not
designed
|
Slate,
quartzite, calcareous beds and few volcanic rock
|
Carboniferous-Permian
|
|
28
|
Darkot
Group
|
Not
designed
|
Slate,
Limestone, quartzite, conglomerate, schist, marble, gneiss
and volcanic rocks
|
Permo
-Carbonifeous
|
|
29
|
Chalt
Schist
|
Not
designated (SW
of Chalt Hunza)?
|
Schist,
quartz biotite schist, phyllite
|
Carboniferous-Permian
|
|
30
|
Baltit
Group
|
Not
designated (near
Baltit Hunza)?
|
Garnet
staurolite, schist, garnet, mica schist, garnet amphibolite,
coarsely, crystalline marble, and micaceous.
|
Carboniferous-Permian
|
|
31
|
Pasu
Slate
|
Not
designated (Pasu valley Gilligit)?
|
Interbedded
with quartzite and limestone
|
Carboniferous-Permian
|
|
32
|
Panjal
Formation & Agglomerate Slate
|
Not
designated (at
apex of Hazara syntaxis)?
|
Volcanic
greenstone, metamorphosed lava flows
|
Carboniferous-Permian
|
|
33.
|
Permian
rocks of Baluchistan
|
Not
designed (Wulgai, Gaza band-Kalat Balochistan)
|
Limestone
with marl and clay
|
Permian
|
|
34
|
Nilwahan
Group
|
Not
designated
|
Includes
Tobra Fm. Dandot Fm. Warcha Sst. And Sardhi Fm.
|
Permian
|
|
35
|
Tobra
Formation
|
Tobra
village, eastern Salt Range) Punjab
|
Tillitic
facies with marine sandstone. Fresh
water facies: few or no boulders, alternating siltstone and
shale with spores; Complex facies: diamietite, sandstone &
boulder bed
|
Early
Permian
|
|
36
|
Dandot
Formation
|
Dandot
village, eastern Salt Range, Punjab
|
Sandstone,
shale, fossiliferous in the basal part
|
Early
Permian
|
|
37
|
Warcha
Sandstone
|
Warcha
gorge, Salt Range, Punjab
|
Sandstone,
bedded pebbles of granite
|
Early
Permian
|
|
38
|
Sardhai
Formation
|
Sardhai
gorge, eastern Salt Range, Punjab
|
Clay,
sandstone and siltstone and
carbonaceous shale & chalcopyrite & copper
|
Early
Permian
|
|
39
|
Zaluch
Group
|
Zaluch
Nala, western Salt Range, Punjab
|
Sandstone,
shale, sandy limestone, pure argillaceous limestone and dolomite,
sandy and calcareous
sandstone
|
Early
to Late Permian
|
|
40
|
Amb
Formation
|
Amb
village, central Salt Range, Punjab
|
Shale,
limestone
|
Artinskian
(Lower Permian)
|
|
41
|
Wargal
Limestone
|
Wargal
village, central Salt Range, Punjab
|
Limestone
& dolomite
|
Mid.
Permian
|
|
42
|
Chhidru
Formation
|
Chhidru
nala, Salt Range, Punjab
|
Sandstone,
shale
|
Late
Permian
|
|
43
|
Wulgai
Formation
|
Wulgai
village Muslimbagh,
Baluchistan
|
Shale,
limestone
|
Early
to Late Triassic
|
|
44
|
Mianwali
Formation
|
Not
designated: Ref Sections: Zaluch Nala, western Salt Range
& Tappan Wahan, Khisor Range
|
Shale,
varied facies
|
Lower.
Triassic: Scythian
|
|
45
|
Tredian
Formation
|
Not
designated Ref: sections: Zaluch Nala western Salt Range &
Tappan Wahan, Khisor Range
|
Non
marine unit. Sandstone, Shale
|
Mid.
Triassic
|
|
46
|
Kingriali
Formation
|
Not
designated, (reference
sections: Zaluch
Nala, western Salt Range & Tappan Wahan, Khisor Range
|
Dolomite
& dolomite Limestone , marl, Shale
|
Mid.
Triassic
|
|
47
|
Chak
Jabbi Limestone
|
North
of Chak Jabbi (Kala Chitta Range) Ref: Section Gabh village
|
Limestone
|
Mid.
Triassic
|
|
48
|
Shirinab
Formation
|
Shirinab
River section (Chapppar Mingochar & Shirinab valley, Kalat,
Baluchistan)
|
Interbedded
limestone & shale
|
Early
Jurassic
|
|
49
|
Chiltan
Limestone
|
Chiltan
Range S.W of Quetta, Baluchistan
|
Limestone,
chert
|
Mid.
Jurassic
|
|
50
|
Mazar
Drik Formation
|
Mazar
Drik, Masri Hills Baluchistan
|
Interbeds
of shale &
limestone, fossiliferous
|
Late
Bathonian
|
|
51
|
Datta
Formation
|
Datta
Nala, Surghar Range
|
Siltstone
& mudstone, glass sand, fire clay
|
Jurassic:
Pre Toarcian
|
|
52
|
Shinawari
Formation
|
Shinawari
village (western Samana Range Kohat NWFP)
|
Limestone,
shale
|
Middle
Jurassic - Early
Jurassic (Toarchian)
|
|
53
|
Samana
Suk Formation
|
NE
of Shinawari (Samana Range, NWFP)
|
Limestone
|
Mid.
Collovian (Salt Range) Bathonian (Kala Chitta)
|
|
54
|
Sinjrani
Volcanic Group
|
Sinjrani
District, Chagai Baluchistan
|
Agglomerate
& Volcanic conglomerate, tuff, calcareous shale
|
Cretaceous
|
|
55
|
Humai
Formation
|
Koh
Humai Hill (Koh- i - Sultan Chagai, Baluchistan)
|
Shale,
sandstone, siltstone, conglomerate,
|
Maestrichtian
(faunal evidence)
|
|
56
|
Bela
Volcanic Group
|
Bela
Town, Lasbela Baluchistan
|
Tuff,
chert, limestone, shale, marl
|
Cretaceous
|
|
57
|
Sembar
Formation
|
Sembar
Pass, (Marri Hills) Baluchistan
|
Shale,
Sandy Shale, Limestone
|
Neocomian,
likely extends down to Late Jurassic
|
|
58
|
Goru
Formation
|
Goru
village (Nar River, southern Kirthar Range)
|
Siltstone,
shale
|
Mainly
Early Cretaceous (may extend Late Jurassic to Late Cretaceous)
|
|
59
|
Parh
Limestone
|
Parh
Range (Gaj River up reaches Baluchistan)
|
Limestone,
Marl, Calcareous
Shale
|
Late
Cretaceous
|
|
60
|
Moghalkot
Formation
|
Moghal
Kot, Zhob & D.I. Khan Road
|
Mudstone,
shale, marl
|
Campanian
to Early Maestrichtian (Marks 1962:Williams 1959)
|
|
61
|
Fort
Munro Formation
|
Western
flank of Fort Munro anticline (Frt. Munro-DG Khan Road)
|
Limestone
calcareous shale
|
Late
Campanian to early Maestrichtian)
|
|
62
|
Pab
Sandstone
|
Pab
range Wirahab Nai (Kirthar Province)
|
Sandstone
|
Maestrichtian
(funal evidance William , 1959, Hunting Survey 1961)
|
|
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
|
|
65
|
Lumshiwal
Formation
|
Lumshiwal
Nala (Salt Range)
|
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)
|
|
66
|
Kawagarh
Formation
|
Kawagarh
hills (north of Kala Chitta Cambellpur District)
|
Mari,
challor, dark & shale
|
Late
Coriacian to Companian
|
|
67
|
Rakhshani
Formation
|
Rokhshani
(eastern end of Dalbandin Chagai) Baluchistan
|
Sandstone,
tuff
|
Paleocene
|
|
68
|
Ispikan
Conglomerate
|
Ispikan,
north Makran Balochistan
|
Conglomerate,
limestone & andesitic rocks
|
Paleocene
|
|
69
|
Ranikot
Group
|
Ranikot
Fort northern part of Lakhi Range in Sindh
|
Limestone,
sandstone, shale
|
Paleocene
|
|
70
|
Khadro
Formation
|
Khadro
Bara Nai section northern Lakhi Range Sindh
|
Sandstone,
shale, basaltic flows
|
Early
Paleocene
|
|
71
|
Bara
Formation
|
Bara
Nai, Northern Lakhi Range, Sindh
|
Sandstone,
shale
|
Middle
Paleocene
|
|
72
|
Lakhra
Formation
|
Lakhra
Bolari section, southern lank of Lakkra anticline, lakhi Range
Sindh
|
Limestone,
Sandstone, shale interbeds
|
Late
Paleocene
|
|
73
|
Dungan
Formation
|
Mirhat
Tangi, 8km NE of hanai, Loralai Distt, Balochistan
|
Limestone,
Marl, conglomerate
|
Paleocene
to Lr. Eocene(funal evidence)
|
|
74
|
Hangu
Formation
|
Fort
Lockhart, Samana Range Kohat, NWFP
|
Shale,
Carbonaceous Shale, nodular
|
Early
Paleocene
(faunal
evidence)
|
|
75
|
Lockhart
Limestone
|
Fort
Lockhart Samana Range Kohat, NWFP
|
Limestone,
trans, fossiliferous
|
Paleocene
(faunal
evidence)
|
|
76
|
Patala
Formation
|
Patala
Nala Range Punjab
|
Shale
& marl, limestone
|
Late
Paleocene
|
|
77
|
Saindak
Formation
|
Saindak
Fort, Chaga Baluchistan
|
Interbeds
of shale, sandstone, volcanic rocks,
|
Eocene
to Oligocene (Faunal evidence)
|
|
78
|
Kharan
Formation
|
Near
Jalwar, Kharan District. Baluchistan
|
Limestone,
|
Early
to Mid Eocene (mid extend down into Paleocene)
|
|
79
|
Nisai
Formation
|
North
of Nisai Railway. Station Muslim Bagh, Baluchistan
|
Limestone,
Marl, Shale
|
Eocene
to Oligocene in Wagabi ) Early to Mid Eocene
|
|
80
|
Ghazij
Formation
|
Spintangi,
Hanai Distt. Baluchistan
|
Shale,
claystone, albaster,
|
Lower
Eocene (on faunal evidence)
|
|
81
|
Laki
Formation
|
Mari
Nai, SW of Bara Nai northern Lakhi range Sind
|
Limestone,
calcareous shale, sandstone, laterite
|
Early
Eocene
|
|
82
|
Kirthar
Formation
|
Gaj
River Section Kirthar Range Dadu, Sindh
|
Interbeds
of limestone, shale with minor marl,
|
M.
Eocene to Oligocene (Kirthar Province
|
|
83
|
Panoba
Shale
|
South
of Panoba village Kohat NWFP
|
Shale
|
Early
Eocene
|
|
84
|
Shekhan
Formation
|
Shekhan
Nala Kohat, NWFP
|
Shale,
limestone
|
Early
Eocene
|
|
85
|
Bahadar
Khel Salt
|
Bahadar
Khel Salt Quarry Kohat, NWFP
|
Salt,
sandstone & clay
|
Early
Eocene
|
|
86
|
Margala
Hill Limestone
|
Jatta
Gypsum Quarry, Kohat NWFP
|
Marl,
limestone
|
Early
Eocene
|
|
87
|
Jatta
Gypsum
|
Jatta
Gypsum Quarry Kohat NWFP
|
Gypsum
|
Early
Eocene
|
|
88
|
Ghorgali
Formation
|
Ghorgali
Pass Khair –Murat Range Potwar, Punjab
|
Shale,
limestone
|
Early
Eocene
|
|
89
|
Kuldana
Formation
|
Kuldana
Village Muree Hill, Hazara NWFP
|
Shale,
marl, bleached dolomite
|
Early
to Mid.Eocene
|
|
90
|
Kohat
Formation
|
Section
along Kohat Kushal garh highway
|
Interbeds
of limestone & shale
|
Early
to Mid.Eocene
|
|
91
|
Nammal
Formation
|
Nammal
Gorge Salt Range, Punjab
|
Shale
intercalation, marl, limestone
|
Early
Eocene
|
|
92
|
Sakesar
Limestone
|
Sakesar
Peak, Salt Range, Punjab
|
Marl,
limestone
|
Early
Eocene
|
|
93
|
Amalaf
Formation
|
Amalf
Section Chagai Baluchistan
|
Volcanic
rocks sandstone, agglomerate,
|
Oligocene
|
|
94
|
Marken
Group
|
Not
designated relates to Makran coast, Baluchistan
|
Clastic
sediments
|
Eocene
to Early Pleistocene
|
|
95
|
Khojak
Formation
|
Nauroz,
30 km NE of Kharan Kalat, Baluchistan
|
Shale,
siltstone
|
Eocene
to Early Miocene
|
|
96
|
Momani
Group
|
Momani
River section, Dadu Sind
|
Marine
sediments with some estuarine shale
|
Oligocene
to Early Miocene
|
|
97
|
Nari
Formation
|
Gaj
River Section Kirthar range, Dadu, Sindh
|
Shale,
sandstone
|
Oligocene
to Early Miocene
|
|
98
|
Hingalj
Formation
|
Not
Designated
Talar
Gorge & Jiwani
|
Shale,
mudstone minor conglomerate
|
Miocene
to Pliocene in Balochistan Basin. Oligocene to Pleistocene
in Axial Belt
|
|
99
|
Gaj
Formation
|
Gaj
River,Dadu, Sindh
|
Shale,
fossiliferous
|
Early
to Middle Miocene
|
|
100
|
Rawalpindi
Gourp
|
Not
Designated
|
Sandstone,
Shale of fresh water origin
|
Miocene
|
|
101
|
Muree
Formation
|
North
of Dhok Maiki, Campbellpur, Punjab
|
Silstone,
fossiliferous, Monotonous sequence of clay
|
Early
Miocene
|
|
102
|
Kamlail
|
Southwest
of Kamlail, Campbellpur, Punjab
|
Sandstone
|
Mid.
to Late Miocene
|
|
103
|
Siwalik
Group
|
Not
designated
|
Clay,
fossiliferous
|
Early
Pleistocene Mid. Miocene
|
|
104
|
Chinji
Formation
|
South
of Chinji, Campbellpur, Punjab
|
Clay,
sandstone
|
Late
Miocene
|
|
105
|
Nagri
Formation
|
Nagri
village, Campbellpur District, Punjab
|
Salt,
conglomerate, clay
|
Early
Pliocene
|
|
106
|
Dhok
Pathan Formation
|
Dhok
village Campbellpur District, Punjab
|
Sandstone,
clay, conglomerate
|
Mid.
Pliocene
|
|
107
|
Soan
Formation
|
Gaji
Jagir, Sahil Road near Mujahid village north.of Soan River,
Campellpur District, Punjab
|
Conglomerate,
siltstone
|
Villafranchian
Late Astian
|
|
108
|
Gawadar
Formation
|
Gawadar,
Makran, Balochistan
|
Sandy
clay
|
Late
Pliocene
|
|
109
|
Jiwani
Formation
|
East
of Jiwani to Ganj, Makran, Baluchistan
|
Shally,
conglomerate, sandstone
|
Pleistocene
|
|
110
|
Haro
Conglomerate
|
Kech
Valley near Gish Kaur, Kharan, Balochistan
|
Congl
, claystone, siltstone
|
Pleistocene
|
|
111
|
Bostan
Formation
|
Pishi
Lora valley, Pishin District. Baluchistan
|
Clay,
conglomerate
|
Pleistocene
|
|
112
|
Lei
Conglomerate
|
Lei
River Section SE of Rawalpindi Punjab
|
Congl,
Silstone, Eocene rocks
|
Pleistocene
|