Mengyejing

halokinetic potash-bearing salt in China

Geologic information

CountryChina
Location:101.316, 21.428
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Site typemine
Deposit typehalokinetic potash-bearing salt
Evaporite basinSimao
Basin typecontinental rift basin
Geologic unitMengyejing Fm
Age
Mesozoic-Cenozoic
Cretaceous-Paleogene
Upper Cretaceous-Paleocene
Minimum:Cenozoic-Paleogene-Paleocene
Maximum:Mesozoic-Cretaceous-Upper Cretaceous
Commodities
Minerals
Potassium minerals:
Other minerals:
Lithology
Geologic map unit101.316, 21.428
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Economic information

Thickness0.63-19.62m
Production
StatusActive Production

Reference information

Comments

Location is for the town of Meng-ni.

References

Shuai Kaiye, 1993, Characteristics of the potash deposits in western Yunnan, China, in Kakihana, H., Hardy, H.R., Jr., Hoshi, T., and Toyokura, K., eds., Seventh symposium on salt: New York, Elsevier, Seventh Symposium on Salt, Kyoto, April 6-9, 1992 [Proceedings], v. 1, p. 205-210.