2. MINERALS OF KARAK
Salt
Gypsum
Uranium
Oil and Gas
Coal and some other minerals are in small
amounts
3. Salt
Salt found in very large quantity in karak.
Karak is known for salt.
It is estimated that million ton of salt is present there.
Karak Bahadur Khail Salt mines jatta ismail khail etc.
salt is 99% pure. Salt is transparent, white, pink, reddish to
beef-color red.
4. . In certain horizons it is crystalline. Inside the mine there are
beautiful alternate bands of red and white color salt.
. There are 18 working levels. Cummulative length of all
drivages is more than 40km.
6. Gypsum
Karak also have gypsum mines.
The gypsum purity is above 90%.
The second most abundant resource in Karak
is Gypsum.
It’s transported all our in Pakistanand also
exported to india.
7. Uranium
Some amount of uranium is also present in
Karak.
At the area of thal and ghuddi khail of karak.
Mostly that area people affected by cancer
that’s due to uranium.
8.
9. Oil ‘Gas and Coal
Oil and Gas is present in very large quantity in
karak.
Nashpa OGDCL plant strucher is made in
September 2009.
There are about nine well of oil and gas.
In some amount coal is also present in karak.
Some other minerals like chromite's and limestone
is present in karak.
10. References
[1] pictures from the site where these minerals found.
[2] article about “madneyath in district karak ” in newspaper “dastak”
[3] research paper
Ahmad K, Ashraf M, Khan ZI, Valeem EE (2008). Evaluation of macromineral
concentrations of forages in relation to ruminants requirements: A case study in
Soone valley, Punjab, Pakistan. Pak. J. Bot. 40(1):295-299.
