Country | Egypt | ||||
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Location: | 32.9159, 28.8222 | ||||
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Site type | drill hole | ||||
Deposit type | halokinetic potash-bearing salt | ||||
Evaporite basin | Red Sea | ||||
Basin type | marine rift basin | ||||
Geologic unit | Zeit Fm and (or) South Gharib Fm | ||||
Age | Cenozoic Neogene Miocene
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Minerals | Potassium minerals: Other minerals: | ||||
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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 unit | 32.9159, 28.8222 | ||||
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Average grade | 27.6 (South Gharib Fm)% K2O |
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Status | None |
Located offshore in the Red Sea.