Preliminary Investigation of Muscovite-Pegmatites of Khadang Banda Near Talash, Dir State, (West Pakistan)

Abstract

The pegmatites of Khadang Banda near Talash, Dir State, were mined by the locals for extracting muscovite. According to the informations, about 15 to 20 maunds of white mica had been extracted from the pegmatite veins which was sold at Lahore and Karachi, during the last five years. A party of M. Sc. Students under the supervision of the author conducted geological investigation of this area to study the mineralization in these veins and to asses their potential for large scale economical exploitation of muscovite.