STRATIGRAPHIC NAMES

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

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