Comparison of Tectonic and Metallogeneic Provinces of Afghanistan to Pakistan
Abstract
Different ideas of tectonic and metallogenic zonation, and difficulties in communication between geologists working in Pakistan and Afghanistan over the last twenty years have limited exchange of information. Detailed work in Afghanistan shows 21 metallogenic zones with 37 associated ore districts. Also recorded are 1432 mineral-resource locations classified as: (1) large and medium deposits; (2) small deposits; (3) occurrences; (4) showings; as well as 306 broadly defined mechanical mineralogical haloes. This comprehensive resource analysis used the outmoded geosynclinal concepts of Russian work with metallogenesis, but is herein adjusted to a plate-tectonic framework and compared to the new tectonic zonation of Pakistan. Cross-border correlation of tectonic zones and metallogenic provinces could be useful in exploration strategy in Pakistan.
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