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Abu Nigar A

halokinetic potash-bearing salt in Egypt

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Geologic information

CountryEgypt
Location:33.9083, 27.3307
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Site typedrill hole
Deposit typehalokinetic potash-bearing salt
Evaporite basinRed Sea
Basin typemarine rift basin
Geologic unitZeit Fm and (or) South Gharib Fm
Age
Cenozoic
Neogene
Miocene
Minimum:Cenozoic-Neogene-Miocene
Maximum:Cenozoic-Neogene-Miocene
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Minerals
Potassium minerals:
Other minerals:
Lithology
Notes:Sylvite and polyhalite are present in the top salt of the younger Zeit Fm; lower South Gharib Fm contains a number of thick halite beds with significant potash intervals in the 5th and lower salt units; sylvinite and langbeinite are the primary minerals.
Geologic map unit33.9083, 27.3307
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Economic information

Average grade27.6 (South Gharib Fm)% K2O
Production
StatusNone

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Comments

Located offshore in the Red Sea.

References

Folle, Stefan, 2006, Middle East salt deposits; Distribution and potential use, in Spring 2006 Conference, Brussels, Belgium, April 30 to May 3, 2006: Clarks Summit, Penn., Solution Mining Research Institute, Technical Conference Paper, 14 p. (Also available at http://www.storconsult.de/downloads/Folle_2006_SMRI.pdf.)
Hassan, Fekri, and El-Dashlouty, Sayed, 1970, Miocene evaporites of the Gulf of Suez region and their significance: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 54, no. 9, p. 1686-1696.
Hite, R.J., and Wassef, A.S., 1983, Potential potash deposits in the Gulf of Suez, Egypt: Annals of the Geological Survey of Egypt, v. 13, p. 39-54.
Wilburn, D.R., Di Francesco, C., and Bleiwas, D.I., 1996, Estimated use of explosives in the mining industries of Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Tunisia, and Turkey: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Report UCRL-CR-125620, variously paged.