Geoscience Advance Research Laboratories (GeoLab), Islamabad

Major Acheivements

• Pakistan’s First Geological Standard Reference Material
• Research on Fused magnesium Phosphate Fertilizer

• Discovery of Platinum-group minerals in Northern Areas
• Establishment of genetic relation between gold & mega shear zone in Northern Areas
• Extended its technical facilities & expertise for use by the institutions of higher learning, exploration & development agencies, R & D organizations, mining companies & mineral based industries

Salient Features

1. Unlike many other projects of this kind in the country, all the equipment and instruments in the GeoLab are fully functional and being operated by Pakistani researchers.

2. Preparation of Pakistan’s first Geological Standard Reference Material (SRM).

3. The research work by the GeoLab on the quantity and quality assessment of magnesite and rock phosphate in Abbottabad District, NWFP has yielded highly encouraging prospects for their possible use in the manufacture of an uncommon fertilizer called ‘Fused Magnesium Phosphate (FMP).

4. More than 250 research papers, monographs and Books are published by the GeoLab researchers.

5. The chemical and geological research sections analyzed more than 15,500 samples for about 140,500 estimations.

6. Through the GeoLab Human Resource Development Programmes more than 200 researchers from Geological Survey of Pakistan and Sister Organizations were trained.

Collaborative Research

Projects Study of alkaline complexes of NWFP, Pakistan. (GeoLab – PINSTECH, Nilore)

Paleomagnetic study of North Pakistan. (GeoLab – Hokkaido University – Kyoto Univ., Japan)

Study of gemstones of Pakistan. (GeoLab - CNRS, France – Gublin Gemmological Institute, Switzerland)

Petrogenesis of Southern Kohistan Arc, Northern Pakistan. (GeoLab – GSJ – Shimane Univ., Japan)

Investigation of Tourmaline in Istak valley, Skardu, Northern Pakistan. (GeoLab – Oregon State Univ., USA)

Exploring Ultra High Pressure Rocks in Istak & Astor valleys, Northern Areas, Pakistan. (GeoLab – Geol. Survey of Japan & Kogoshima Univ. Japan)

Analytical Services Provided to the Ph.D Research

Students Physics Department, Quaid-i-Azam University,

Islamabad. Geology Department, Punjab University,

Lahore Center of Excellence in Mineralogy, Balochistan University, Quetta.

Center of Excellence in Geology, Peshawar University, Peshawar.

Geology Department, Azad Jammu & Kashmir University, Muzaffarabad

Geology Department, Grenoble University, Grenoble, France.

National University of Science & Technology (NUST), Rawalpindi.

Analytical Services to Private Sector - Cement & Construction - Pottery & Ceramics - Glass - Iron & Steel and other metals - Fertilizer & Chemicals - Gems & precious stones - Oil & Gas - Miscellaneous Industries