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Reconnaissance of the geology and ore mineralization in part of the Chagai District, Pakistan

January 1, 1975

The Chagai District of the Quetta Division is in the northwestern part of Pakistan.

Igneous activity during the Himalayan orogeny included the extrusion of horizontally layered andesites of the Cretaceous Sinjrani Volcanic Group, emplacement of monzonitic stocks of the Cretaceous Chagai intrusions, and the extrusion of flows and tuffs of the Koh-i-Sultan Volcanic Group during the Pleistocene.

Publication Year 1975
Title Reconnaissance of the geology and ore mineralization in part of the Chagai District, Pakistan
DOI 10.3133/ofr75550
Authors Raymond H. Nagell
Publication Type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Series Title Open-File Report
Series Number 75-550
Index ID ofr75550
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse