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Reserves & Chemical Properties of Iron Ore 

 

S.N

Ore-Deposits

Fe (t) %

SIO2

AI2O3 %

CaO+

MgO %

S %

P %

Type of deposits

Extent in strike of deposit’s workable Part only

(Meters)

Dip Slope Extent

(Meters)

Average

Thickness of ore-bed

(Meters)

Specific

Gravity

Proved&

Indicated

Reserves

(Million Tons)

1

Pachinkoh

(Nokundi)

50.00

15.60

4.41

7.25

2.6

0.10

Igneous

Segregated/injected magnesite bodies

--

--

--

4.10

45.00

2

Chigendik

(Nokundi)

43.60

19.95

2.71

8.47

1.71

0.24

 

--

--

--

4.00

5.00

3

Chilghazi

(Dalbandin)

51.87

11.72

0.30

2.5

0.10

0.10

--

--

--

4.20

2.47

4

DamarNisar

( Chitral)

61.47

7.20

1.01

3.87

0.39

0.14

Metasomatic replacement of marble by magnesite and hematite

--

--

--

4.20

3.00

5

Dilband

(Mastung, Kalat)

35.00

19.46

6.58

8.92

N.R*

0.44

Sedimentary

N.R*

N.R*

1 to 7

3.50

200.00

6

Chichali-Chughlan

(Kalabagh, Mianwali)

32.45

20.20

6.00

5.48

0.27

0.49

15,600

2630

3.00

3.00

369.00

7

Makerwal-Sho

( Makerwal, Mianwali)

33.43

24.59

7.50

5.00

0.70

0.2

21,000

2630

4.11

3.11

706.00

8

D.G.Khan

37.50

14.00

7.40

7.70

0.30

0.30

7,000

610

1.21-1.98

3.00

56.00

9

Pezu

(D.I.Khan-Bannu)

31.30

19.80

5.50

8.40

0.62

0.39

3,200

47

4.87

2.80

13.00

*N.R Not reported

Source:    S. H. Faruqi