Precambrian formation GSP memoir

Manglour Formation

Proterozoic (undifferentiated)

Northern Indus Suture · Malakand

Cited in 4 sources Last reviewed Jun 29, 2026

Unit summary

Rank: formation
Status: Published
Age: PrecambrianProterozoic (undifferentiated)
Named by: Kazmi et al. (1984c)
Type locality: Manglaur village, Swat34.8085°N, 72.4304°E
Thickness: Not recorded
Lithology: Granoblastic, locally mylonitised quartz-mica-garnet schist (feldspathised and tourmalinised), in three main varieties — quartz-feldspar schist, quartz-mica-kyanite schist and quartz-mica-garnet schist — with thin graphitic and hornblende schist.
Synonyms: Not recorded

The Precambrian schist basement of the Swat Nappe (the Manglaur Schist), beneath the Alpurai-Group cover.

Manglour formation is named after the Manglaur village, 6km ENE of Mingora by Kazmi et al. (1984c). It is exposed Afghan border to Swat and Besham areas. It consists of crystalline schists, quartzite and marble (DiPeitro 1990).

Fossils

Not recorded

Contacts

In the Swat–Malakand column

MetamorphicConformable

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

Swat–Malakand

Basin: Northern Indus Suture
Region: Malakand
Depositional environment: Not recorded
Coordinates: 34.8085°N, 72.4304°E

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Correlation

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

Economic significance

Not recorded

Remarks

The Precambrian crystalline schist that constitutes the Swat Nappe; intruded by the Swat Granite Gneiss and overlain unconformably by the Alpurai Group. Its age is uncertain but is tentatively taken as Precambrian on its resemblance to the Tanawal Formation and the correlation of the Swat Granite Gneiss with the Mansehra Granite.

Sources (3)

Malkani, M.S. & Mahmood, Z. (2017). Stratigraphy of Pakistan. Geological Survey of Pakistan, Memoir Vol. 24.
Kazmi, A.H. & Jan, M.Q. (1997). Geology and Tectonics of Pakistan. Graphic Publishers, Karachi.
OpenStreetMap contributors and GEOnet Names Server (public geographic gazetteers), used to geolocate named GSP type localities to approximate decimal coordinates.

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). Manglour Formation. In Pakistan Stratigraphy Dataset [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21363991

BibTeX

@misc{stratigraphypk_manglourformation,
  author    = {Qudsi, Lareb},
  title     = {{Manglour 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/manglour-formation (accessed August 30, 2026).

To cite the unit's original definition instead, see: Kazmi et al. (1984c).

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