Dead Sea

potash-bearing brine in Israel

Geologic information

CountryIsrael
Location:35.3751, 31.0236
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Site typemine
Deposit typepotash-bearing brine
Evaporite basinDead Sea
Basin typepull-apart basin
Age
Cenozoic
Neogene
Pliocene
Minimum:Cenozoic-Neogene-Pliocene
Maximum:Cenozoic-Neogene-Pliocene
Commodities
Minerals
Potassium minerals:
Geologic map unit35.3751, 31.0236
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Economic information

Production
StatusActive Production

Reference information

References

Garcia-Veigas, J., Rosell, L., Zak, I., PlayĆ , E., Ayora, C., and Starinsky, A., 2009, Evidence of potash salt formation in the Pliocene Sedom Lagoon (Dead Sea Rift, Israel): Chemical Geology, v. 265, p. 499-511.
Houssa, C., 1998, Dead Sea salt seller; Magnesia and magnesium compounds: Industrial Minerals, no. 373, p. 81-85.
Klein-BenDavid, O., Sass, E., and Katz, A., 2004, The evolution of marine evaporitic brines in inland basins; The Jordan-Dead Sea Rift valley: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 68, no. 8, p. 1763-1775.