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Mittiwali Member

Early Triassic

Part of Mianwali Formation

Triassic in the time scale →

Cited in 3 sources Last reviewed Aug 10, 2026

Unit summary
Rank
member
Status
Published
Age
Mesozoic · Triassic · Early TriassicEarly Triassic
Named by
Kummel & Teichert (1966)
Type locality
Not recorded
Thickness
239 ft (73 m) at Spinnagara Nala
Lithology
Brownish-gray ammonite-bearing limestone (upper), greenish-brown calcareous micaceous sandstone with green shale (middle), argillaceous limestone (base).
Synonyms
Not recorded

Middle member of the Mianwali Formation: ammonite-rich limestone, sandstone and shale, sharp on the Kathwai Member. 239 ft thick at Spinnagara Nala.

Fossils

Not recorded

Contacts

In the Salt Range column
  1. Kingriali FormationFossils recordedTriassic
  2. Kathwai MemberTriassic
  3. Mittiwali Member ◀Triassic
  4. Narmia MemberTriassic
  5. Landa MemberTriassic
LimestoneSandstoneFossils recordedConformable

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

Salt Range Kohat Basin Potwar Basin
Basin
Not recorded
Region
Not recorded
Depositional environment
Not recorded
Coordinates
Not recorded

Correlation

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

Economic significance

Not recorded

Remarks

Not recorded

Sources (4)
  • Hemphill, W.R. & Kidwai, A.H. (1973). Stratigraphy of the Bannu and Dera Ismail Khan Areas, Pakistan. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 716-B, 36 p.
  • Hemphill, W.R. & Kidwai, A.H. (1973). Stratigraphy of the Bannu and Dera Ismail Khan Areas, Pakistan. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 716-B (Geological Investigations in Pakistan), 36 p.
  • Shah, S.M.I. (2009). Stratigraphy of Pakistan. Geological Survey of Pakistan, Memoir Vol. 22.
  • 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: high

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: Name attested in the Shah (1977/2009) Geological Survey of Pakistan compilation — the national stratigraphic lexicon. This records where the name is documented; it is not an endorsement of the unit’s definition, age or figures.

Cite this unit
APA

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

BibTeX 
@misc{stratigraphypk_mittiwalimember,
  author    = {Qudsi, Lareb},
  title     = {{Mittiwali Member} --- 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/mittiwali-member (accessed August 30, 2026).

To cite the unit's original definition instead, see: Kummel & Teichert (1966).

Below · older

Kathwai Member

Triassic

Above · younger

Narmia Member

Triassic

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