Soapstone deposits of the Sherwan area, Hazara District, Pakistan
The soapstone deposits in the Sherwan area, Hazara District, are mostly in a narrow 10 mile zone in the dolomite unit of the Abbottabad Formation of probable Carboniferous age. Most of the deposits are at the eastern end on the northern flank of a syncline. Soapstone forms irregular replacement bodies as much as 100 feet thick along bedding shears, and …
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