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stratabound potash-bearing salt in France

Geologic information

CountryFrance
Location:7.274, 47.854
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Site typemine
Deposit typestratabound potash-bearing salt
Evaporite basinRhine Graben
Basin typecontinental rift basin
Geologic unitUpper Saliferous Zone
Age
Cenozoic
Paleogene
Oligocene
Rupelian
Minimum:Cenozoic-Paleogene-Oligocene-Rupelian
Maximum:Cenozoic-Paleogene-Oligocene-Rupelian
Commodities
Minerals
Potassium minerals:
Other minerals:
Geologic map unit7.274, 47.854
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Economic information

Production
StatusPast Production
First year1913
Last year1954

Reference information

References

Bornuat, M., 2006, Les mines de potasse d'Alsace [Potash mines of Alsace]: Geologues, v. 149, p. 71-74.