Mengo

stratabound potash-bearing salt in Congo

Geologic information

CountryCongo
Location:11.9622, -4.6691
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Site typemineral occurrence
Deposit typestratabound potash-bearing salt
Evaporite basinLower Congo
Basin typemarine rift basin
Geologic unitLoeme Fm
Age
Mesozoic
Cretaceous
Lower Cretaceous
Aptian
Minimum:Mesozoic-Cretaceous-Lower Cretaceous-Aptian
Maximum:Mesozoic-Cretaceous-Lower Cretaceous-Aptian
Commodities
Minerals
Potassium minerals:
Other minerals:
Lithology
Figures:Figures/CNGA_More_Mengo_StratSect_1fig.pdf
Geologic map unit11.9622, -4.6691
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Economic information

Production
StatusNone

Reference information

References

Rauche, H., and van der Klauw, S.N.G.C., 2008, Updated reserve and resource estimate for MagMinerals Mengo permit area, Kouilou region, Republic of Congo; Technical Report for MagMinerals: ERCOSPLAN Ingenieurgesellschaft Geotechnik und Bergbau mbH, 140 p. and appendices.