Geological experts are making steady progress in mapping toposheets of the outcrop area of Balochis-tan to maintain data for the exploration of metallic and non-metallic minerals, dimension stones, aggre-gates and limestone reserves in the province.
Under the project, for which the government has allocated Rs 30 million in the Public Sector Development Programme 2021-22, the geological map-ping of 50 toposheets out of 354 unmapped to-posheets of the outcrop area of Balochistan would be carried out.
As per the project updates, the experts successfully performed the initial study of maps, toposheets, aerial photography and satellite imagery. “Unmapped areas including parts of Chagai, Khuz-dar and Lasbela Districts have been selected for detailed mapping based on mineral potential and geological complexity,” according to an official report available with APP.
Previous literature and maps were being studied by the field parties and about 40 per cent of technical work has been completed.
“Reconnaissance geological fieldwork/mapping has been carried out in the District Khuzdar and sur-rounding areas. Sites have been identified on to-posheets to collect geochemical stream sediments from Khuzdar,” it added.
