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Khodzhamumyn

halokinetic potash-bearing salt in Tajikistan

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Geologic information

CountryTajikistan
Location:69.6368, 37.7285
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Site typemineral occurrence, structure
Deposit typehalokinetic potash-bearing salt
Evaporite basinCentral Asia Salt Basin
Basin typeintracratonic basin
Geologic unitGaurdak Fm or Almurad Fm
Salt structureKhodzhamumyn
Age
Mesozoic
Jurassic-Cretaceous
Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous
Kimmeridgian-Tithonian-Berriasian-Valanginian(?)
Minimum:Mesozoic-Cretaceous-Lower Cretaceous-Valanginian(?)
Maximum:Mesozoic-Jurassic-Upper Jurassic-Kimmeridgian
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Potassium minerals:
Other minerals:
Notes:Dispersed impregnations and (or) very fine intercalations of sylvite in rock salt.
Geologic map unit69.6368, 37.7285
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Economic information

Average grade1.8-2.4% K2O
Production
StatusNone

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Comments

Salt (NaCl) production; only small amounts of potash minerals reported.

References

Rundkvist, D.V., ed., 2001, Mineragenetic map of Russian Federation and adjacent states (within the boundaries of former USSR): Ministry of Natural Resources of Russian Federation, State Research and Development Enterprise "Aerogeologica", 49 p., 1 map on 18 sheets, scale 1:2,500,000.
Sedletskiy, V.I., 1969, Potash salts of Central Asia: Lithology and Mineral Resources, v. 1969, no. 5, p. 625-633.