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halokinetic potash-bearing salt in China

Geologic information

CountryChina
Location:107.2167, 30.8833
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Site typemineral occurrence
Deposit typehalokinetic potash-bearing salt
Evaporite basinSichuan
Basin typenot determined
Age
Mesozoic
Triassic
Lower Triassic-Middle Triassic
Minimum:Mesozoic-Triassic-Middle Triassic
Maximum:Mesozoic-Triassic-Lower Triassic
Commodities
Minerals
Potassium minerals:
Other minerals:
Geologic map unit107.2167, 30.8833
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Production
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References

Kamitani, M., Okumura, K., Teraoka, Y., Miyano, S., and Watanabe, Y., 2007, Mineral resources map of East Asia: Geological Survey of Japan, scale 1:3,000,000.
Kloprogge, J.T., Hickey, L., Duong, L.V., Martens, W.N., and Frost, R.L., 2004, Synthesis and characterization of K2Ca5(SO4)6.H2O, the equivalent of görgeyite, a rare evaporite mineral: American Mineralogist, v. 89, p. 266-272.