Chagai-Raskoh Magmatic Arc
Chagai Hills
Northern Balochistan, along Afghan border · Active volcanic arc, subduction-related
Active volcanic arc with Cretaceous to Recent magmatic rocks. Contains copper-gold porphyry deposits (Saindak, Reko Diq). Part of the Chagai-Raskoh Magmatic Arc.
This reference records 10 units in the Chagai Hills spanning 3 geological eras, most commonly conglomerate, evaporite, limestone.
At a glance
- 10
- units
- 3
- eras
- 3
- georeferenced
- 7
- with fossils
- 10
- type localities
- 1,600 m
- max thickness
- 19
- sources
Rock types
- conglomerate (4)
- evaporite (3)
- limestone (1)
- sandstone (1)
- igneous rocks (1)
Based on the primary lithology recorded for each unit; some units span more than one rock type.
Fossils recorded
- Hippurites loftusi
- Lepidorbitoides socialis
- Orbitoides sp.
- Omphalocyclus sp.
- Algae
- Foraminifera
- Corals (in limestone interbeds)
- Alveolina vredenburgi
- Flosculina globosa
- Miscellanea miscella
- Saudia labyrinthica
- Assilina granulosa
- Assilina exponens
- Assilina elliptica
- Fasciolites oblonga
- Discocyclina ranikotensis
- Lituonella douvillei
- Opertorbitolites douvillei
- Lepidocyclina dilatata
- Nummulites fichteli
- Nummulites intermedius
- Nummulites vascus
- Nummulites atacicus
- Dictyoconoides cooki
+5 more across the Chagai Hills units.
Units in this province
10 unitsLine these up against other basins on the correlation panel →
- Quaternary
- Cenozoic
- Mesozoic
- Paleozoic
- Precambrian
Which part?
Band colour = period; texture = dominant rock type. Lines between bands mark the contact type. True scale makes height ∝ recorded thickness; hatched = thickness not recorded. Ages approximate, for ordering.