CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF PAKISTAN: A SHORT REVIEW

Syed Tallataf Hussain Shah; Mohsin Tariq; Nangyal Ghani Khan; Faizan-ur-Rehman Qaiser; Arsalan Iftikhar; Ammar Farid; Shah Naseer

doi:10.29121/granthaalayah.v7.i7.2019.718

Authors

Syed Tallataf Hussain Shah Department of Earth Sciences, Comsats University Islamabad-Abbottabad Campus, Pakistan
Mohsin Tariq Department of Earth Sciences, Comsats University Islamabad-Abbottabad Campus, Pakistan
Nangyal Ghani Khan Department of Earth Sciences, Comsats University Islamabad-Abbottabad Campus, Pakistan
Faizan-ur-Rehman Qaiser Department of Earth Sciences, Comsats University Islamabad-Abbottabad Campus, Pakistan
Arsalan Iftikhar Department of Earth Sciences, Comsats University Islamabad-Abbottabad Campus, Pakistan
Ammar Farid Department of Earth Sciences, Comsats University Islamabad-Abbottabad Campus, Pakistan
Shah Naseer Department of Earth Sciences, Comsats University Islamabad-Abbottabad Campus, Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29121/granthaalayah.v7.i7.2019.718

Keywords:

Chromite Deposits, Pakistan

Abstract [English]

Chromite is an important source for the manufacturing of stainless steel, nichrome, paint, and chemicals industries and has wide industrial utilization. In Pakistan, the chromite deposits are mostly associated with the ophiolitic sequence resulting as an outpouring of molten material in the fractured zones of the Indian plate and the Neo-Tethys Ocean through the Cretaceous era. The discovery and documentation of chromite in Pakistan is traveling back to 1960s, but unfortunately, most of the reports are lacking authentication in reserve estimation and grading. If the modern and proper geophysical and geochemical analysis is performed to the reported area, then there are more bright chances of acquiring the more authenticate reservoir estimation, its distribution in the prospect zone and chemical composition per metric ton. The current article is an effort towards making a composite record of all the published/unpublished reports and articles regarding the chromite discovery, estimation, and extraction in Pakistan.

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