SALT MINES
PMDC
is operating the following salt mines
1.
Khewra Salt Mines
2. Warcha salt Mines
3. Kalabagh Salt Mines
4. Jatta Salt Mines
5. Bahadur Khel & Karak Salt Mines
KHEWRA SALT MINES
| Situated
at the foothills of the Salt Range, Khewra Salt Mines are the
oldest in the salt mining history of the sub-continent. Salt
occurs in the form of an irregular dome like structure. There
are seven thick salt seams with cumulative thickness of about
150 meters. At places rock salt is 99% pure. Salt is transparent,
white, pink, reddish to beef-color red. 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.
Cumulative length of all drivages is more than 40 km. |
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KHEWRA
SALT MINES
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| Contact |
Project
manager 092-458-211137
Khewra salt Mines
Khewra, Distt. Jhelum |
| Location |
160km
south of Islamabad |
| Leased
area |
3,398.53
acres |
| Geological
Horizon |
Pre-Cambrian |
| Purity
of salt |
Average
98% |
| Shades
of salt |
White,
Pink and Red |
| Mining
method |
Room
and Pillar |
| Total
Resources |
Over
one Billion |
| Production
(1999-2000) |
288,
026 tons |
WARCHA SALT MINES
| Warcha
salt Mines are located 276km from Islamabad. The salt occurs
in the form of an irregular and broken salt dome. Its white
salt is well demanded by the manufacturers of kitchen-flow salt.
The pure white salt is transparent and crystalline. |
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WARCHA
SALT MINES
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| Contact |
Project
Manager 092-4528-770315
Warcha Salt Mines
Warcha, Distt. Mianwali |
| Location |
276km
south of Islamabad |
| Leased
Area (Two) |
3,601.17 acres |
| Geological
Horizon |
Pre-Cambrian |
| Purity
of salt |
Average
98% |
| Shades
of salt |
Generally
white and pink |
| Mining
method |
Room
and Pillar |
| Total
Resources |
Over
one Billion tons |
| Production
(1999-2000) |
200,213
tons |
KALABAGH SALT MINES
| Kalabagh
Salt Mines are located on the bank of the Indus River. Salt
is excavated by Room and Pillar method. Some of the chambers
are more than 80 meters deep where the salt is still mined manually.
There are 13 different kinds of salt seams with different shades
of color. Actual old mines are located near the village known
as Wanda Kukranwala. |
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KALABAGH
SALT MINES
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| Contact |
Project
Manager 092-4529-704
Kalabagh Salt Mines
Kalabagh, Distt. Mianwali |
| Location |
296km
from Islamabad or
50km from Mianwali |
| Leased
Area (Two) |
3,837.81 acres |
| Geological
Horizon |
Pre-Cambrian |
| Purity
of salt |
Average
96% |
| Shades
of salt |
White
and Pink |
| Total
Resources |
28,503
tons |
| Production
(1999-2000) |
200,213
tons |
Jatta Salt Mines
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Jatta
Salt Mines
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| Contact |
Project
Manager 092-927-220099-9
PMDC Jatta Salt Mines
Jatta, Distt. Karak |
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| Location |
217km from Islamabad or
from Kohat |
| Geological
Horizon |
Tertiary |
| Purity
of salt |
98% |
| Shades
of salt |
white,
light to dark grey |
| Total
Resources |
Over few Billion tons |
| Production
(1999-2000) |
4,427 tons |
Bahadur
Khel/ Karak Salt Mines
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Bahadur
Khel/ Karak Salt Mines
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| Contact |
Project
Manager 092-927-570022-9
PMDC Bahadur Khel Salt Mines
Bahadur Khel, Distt. Karak
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| Leased
Area |
0.70 |
| Location |
265km from Islamabad or 112km
from Kohat |
| Geological
Horizon |
Tertiary |
| Purity
of salt |
98% |
| Shades
of salt |
light grey to dark grey |
| Total
Resources |
Over few Billion tons |
| Production
(1999-2000) |
43,345 tons |
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