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Neuquen Project

stratabound potash-bearing salt in Argentina

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Geologic information

CountryArgentina
Location:-69.35, -37.19
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Site typelease/concession/permit area
Deposit typestratabound potash-bearing salt
Evaporite basinNeuquen
Basin typeforeland basin
Geologic unitHuitrin Fm
Age
Mesozoic
Cretaceous
Lower Cretaceous
Barremian
Minimum:Mesozoic-Cretaceous-Lower Cretaceous-Barremian
Maximum:Mesozoic-Cretaceous-Lower Cretaceous-Barremian
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Geologic map unit-69.35, -37.19
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Production
StatusNone
CompanyVale (2012)

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Comments

Uncertain location relative to Rio Tinto.

References

Fertilizer International, 2005, Jam tomorrow in Argentina: Fertilizer International, no. 408, p. 51-57.
Howell, J.A., Schwarz, E., Spalletti, L.A., and Veiga, G.D., 2005, The Neuquen Basin; an overview, in Veiga, G.D., Spalletti, L.A., Howell, J.A., and Schwarz, E., eds., The Neuquen Basin, Argentina; A case study in sequence stratigraphy and basin dynamics: London, Geological Society Special Publication 252, p. 1-14.
Moore, P., 2005, New mineral horizons for Rio Tinto: Industrial Minerals, no. 456, p. 8-9.