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Mahandri Formation

Precambrian (tentative)

Northern Indus Suture · Hazara Sub-Basin

Cited in 3 sources Last reviewed Jul 31, 2026

Unit summary

Rank: formation
Status: Published
Age: Precambrian · PrecambrianPrecambrian (tentative)
Named by: Chaudhry et al. (1986)
Type locality: Jared, Kaghan valley34.6800°N, 73.5700°E
Thickness: Not recorded
Lithology: Kamalban quartz-mica schist, quartzite, calc-schist and marble.
Synonyms: Not recorded

A schist-and-marble metamorphic unit of the Kaghan valley near Jared.

Mahandri formation consists of Kamalban quartz mica schist, quartzite, calc schist and marble. Jared quartzite is named after the Jared village near Mahandri by Chaudhry et al. (1986) for the earlier Jured series of Wadia (1930).

Fossils

Not recorded

Contacts

In the Hazara Basin column

MetamorphicLimestoneConformable

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.

This unit (highlighted) within its province column; faded ends continue above and below. Line style marks the contact type.

Distribution & setting

Hazara Basin

Basin: Northern Indus Suture
Region: Hazara Sub-Basin
Depositional environment: Not recorded
Coordinates: 34.6800°N, 73.5700°E

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Correlation

Not recorded. Compare this unit against other basins on the correlation panel →

Economic significance

Not recorded

Remarks

A metasedimentary schist-quartzite-marble unit of the Kaghan valley (Chaudhry et al., 1986).

Sources (3)

Malkani, M.S. & Mahmood, Z. (2017). Stratigraphy of Pakistan. Geological Survey of Pakistan, Memoir Vol. 24.
OpenStreetMap contributors and GEOnet Names Server (public geographic gazetteers), used to geolocate named GSP type localities to approximate decimal coordinates.
Kazmi, A.H. & Abbasi, I.A. (2008). Stratigraphy and Historical Geology of Pakistan. Department & National Centre of Excellence in Geology, University of Peshawar, Peshawar. 524 pp. ISBN 978-969-9119.

Reviewer confidence: medium

Every fact on this page is source-cited. This entry is part of the peer-archived Pakistan Stratigraphy Dataset (doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21363991, CC‑BY‑4.0).

Lexicon status: Appears in a single-author Geological Survey of Pakistan memoir (Malkani & Mahmood 2017), not cross-confirmed against the Shah lexicon. The Stratigraphic Committee of Pakistan is largely inactive, so documented provenance — not formal ratification — is the available signal.

Cite this unit

APA

Qudsi, L. (2026). Mahandri Formation. In Pakistan Stratigraphy Dataset [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21363991

BibTeX

@misc{stratigraphypk_mahandriformation,
  author    = {Qudsi, Lareb},
  title     = {{Mahandri Formation} --- Pakistan Stratigraphy Dataset},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  doi       = {10.5281/zenodo.21363991},
  url       = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21363991}
}

Archived dataset: doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21363991 (CC‑BY‑4.0) · Direct link to this entry: https://stratigraphy.pk/formation/mahandri-formation (accessed August 30, 2026).

To cite the unit's original definition instead, see: Chaudhry et al. (1986).