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Trias a Evaporites

mixed stratabound potash-bearing salt and halokinetic potash-bearing salt in Algeria

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CountryAlgeria
Location:7.0703, 32.4882
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Site typebasin
Deposit typemixed stratabound potash-bearing salt and halokinetic potash-bearing salt
Evaporite basinSaharan
Basin typemarine rift basin
Geologic unitSaliferous Units
Age
Mesozoic
Triassic-Jurassic
Upper Triassic-Lower Jurassic
Minimum:Mesozoic-Jurassic-Lower Jurassic
Maximum:Mesozoic-Triassic-Upper Triassic
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Notes:Limited zone of sylvite.
Geologic map unit7.0703, 32.4882
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References

Demaison, G.J., 1965, The Triassic salt in the Algerian Sahara, in Institute of Petroleum, Salt basins around Africa; Proceedings of a joint meeting of The Institute of Petroleum and The Geological Society, held at the Institution of Electrical Engineers, London, March 3, 1965: London, The Institute of Petroleum, p. 91-100.
Garrett, D.E., 1996, Potash; Deposits, processing, properties and uses: New York, Chapman and Hall, 734 p.