?GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF IMPORTANT MAGNESITE DEPOSITS OF PAKISTAN FOR THEIR MODERN INDUSTRIAL ApPLICATION

Authors

  • Zafar Kaifi PCSIR Laboratories, Jamrud Road, Peshawar, Pakistan
  • Viqar Husain PCSIR Laboratories, Jamrud Road, Peshawar, Pakistan PCSIR, PPI Building, Kamal Ataturk Road, Karachi, Pakistan
  • M A Qaiser PCSIR Laboratories, Jamrud Road, Peshawar, Pakistan
  • Aurangze khan PCSIR, PPI Building, Kamal Ataturk Road, Karachi, Pakistan

Keywords:

Geochemistry, Magnesite, Pakistan, Industrial Applications.

Abstract

Magnesite occurrence in Pakistan appears to be a part of Himalayan Orogenic System as all magnesite deposits occur
along the Axial Belt.Two majorgenetic typesof magnesitehavebeenrecognised inPakistan. Crystallin and replacement
magnesite hosted in carbonate rocks and cryptocrystalline (amorphous) magnesite hosted in ultramafics. Commercially
both types of deposits occurring in KumharandMuslimbagh are importantbut thereserves of Kurnhar arelarge. Magne-
site desposits in Pakistan are being mined by open cast method and the production isonly few thousand tons per annum.
This paper discusses briefly the quality and size of these magnesite deposits and their possible modern industrial
applications.

Published

1998-02-16

How to Cite

Kaifi, Z., Husain, V., Qaiser, M. A., & khan, A. (1998). ?GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF IMPORTANT MAGNESITE DEPOSITS OF PAKISTAN FOR THEIR MODERN INDUSTRIAL ApPLICATION. Biological Sciences - PJSIR, 41(1), 57–62. Retrieved from http://v2.pjsir.org/index.php/biological-sciences/article/view/2232

Issue

Vol. 41 No. 1 (1998): Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research

Section

Articles