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Danikil

stratabound potash-bearing salt in Ethiopia

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Geologic information

CountryEthiopia
Location:40.26, 14.33
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Site typebasin
Deposit typestratabound potash-bearing salt
Evaporite basinDanikil
Basin typecontinental rift basin
Geologic unitHouston Fm
Age
Cenozoic
Quaternary
Pleistocene-Holocene
Minimum:Cenozoic-Quaternary-Holocene
Maximum:Cenozoic-Quaternary-Pleistocene
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Geologic map unit40.26, 14.33
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Production
StatusSmall Past Production
Estimates of reserves or resources
Ore tonnage160 estMillion tonnes
K2O tonnage36 estMillion tonnes
Grade of K2O20-25% of ore
Data years1989
Data sourceTadesse and others (2003)

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References

Tadesse, S., Milesi, J.-P., and Deschamps, Y., 2003, Geology and mineral potential of Ethiopia; A note on geology and mineral map of Ethiopia: Journal of Africa Earth Science, v. 36, p. 273-313.