Lecture

Metallogenic Provinces of
Pakistan

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 Metallogenic zones in Pakistan
Tectonically the country has been divided into eleven
metallogenic zones. These includes

Chaghi Raskoh Magmatic Arc which is famous for world class

copper-gold deposits,

Chaman Ornach Nal Transform fault famous for antimoney

occurrences in Qila Abdullah, Lasbela- Khuzdar- Muslim
Bagh- Zhob-Waziristan

Ophiolites zone which is famous for copper-gold, manganese

etc.

Sediment Hosted Lead-Zinc deposits, Kirthar Thrust & Fold

Belt having coal deposits and decorative stones
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 Indo-Pakistan Shield rocks of Sargodha and Nagar Parkar,
Sulaman Fold

Thrust Belt famous for gypsum and industrial rock

Salt range and Kala-Chitta Hills having rock salt, gypsum coal
etc.

Gondwanic domain rocks of Haripur, Sherwan famous for

gemstones and industrial rocks

Kohistan Magmatic Arc having matelic minerals, ophiolites

and melange zone having high quality gemstone etc.

Karakoram Block having various economic minerals

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What is Pangea?
Pangaea or Pangea was a supercontinent that existed during the late
Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras. It formed approximately 300 million years
ago and then began to break apart after about 100 million years. Unlike the
present Earth, much of the land mass was in the Southern Hemisphere.
When did Pangea start to break up?
Pangea was fully assembled by the Early Permian Period, some 270 million
years ago. It began to break apart about 200 million years ago, during the
Early Jurassic Period, eventually forming the modern continents and the
Atlantic and Indian Oceans.
How did Pangea break up?
The giant ocean that surrounded the continent is known as Panthalassa. The
movement of Earth's tectonic plates formed Pangaea and ultimately broke it
apart. Pangaea existed during the Permian and Triassic geological time
periods, which were times of great change.