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Abstract

Regional survey, covering 1,400 squre miles of area, was carried out in Swat Kohistan to prepare a preliminary geological map and investigate the structure, petrography, and economic geology of the region.The area is covered by various types of plutonic and a lesser quantity of sedimentary and volcanic rocks. Quartzites, siliceous schists, phyllite, siltstone/shale, and limestone of the Kalam Group (Carboniferous to ? Siluro-Devonian) areexposed in the Matiltan-Kalam area. Norites, diorites, and the associated rocksof the Kohistan Basic Complex (Late Cretaceous) cover a large area to the southof Kalam. They form a northeast trending belt that extends to the east in IndusKohistan and to the west in Dir. To the northwest, the Kalam Group is overlainby a thick sequence of silicic to intermediate lavas, tuffs and agglomerates (theUtror Volcanic Rocks) of probable Creto-Eocene age. These, and the sedimentaryrocks, have been cut by various types of pluionic rocks, mainly quartz diorites andgranites, in Garal and Ushu valleys. The plutons are thought to be emplaced during Early to Middle Tertiary period. Quaternary alluvium and glacial deposits occur in small quantity in all parts of the region.