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Dax

halokinetic potash-bearing salt in France

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Geologic information

CountryFrance
Location:-1.0494, 43.7083
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Site typemine
Deposit typehalokinetic potash-bearing salt
Evaporite basinAquitaine
Basin typeforeland basin
Age
Mesozoic
Triassic
Minimum:Mesozoic-Triassic
Maximum:Mesozoic-Triassic
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Minerals
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Other minerals:
Lithology
Notes:3 potash layers in a cluster of irregular salt domes; potash beds are contorted, uneven.
Geologic map unit-1.0494, 43.7083
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Economic information

Depth414-525m
Production
StatusPast Production
Last year1959

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References

British Sulphur Corporation Limited, 1975, World survey of potash resources (2d ed.): London, British Sulphur Corporation Limited, 148 p.
British Sulphur Corporation Limited, 1984, World survey of potash resources (4th ed.): London, British Sulphur Corporation Limited, 145 p.
Garrett, D.E., 1996, Potash; Deposits, processing, properties and uses: New York, Chapman and Hall, 734 p.
Mondeilh, C., 1988, Realisation de forages de reconnaissance a l'est de Dax (Landes); Rapport de fin de travaux: Pessec, France, Bureau de Recherches Geologiques et Minieres, Report 88 SGN 576 AQI, 10 p. and appendices.
Vidal, J., Lhoste, J., and Maillard, J., 1978, Etude preliminaire du risque geotechnique lie aux anciennes exploitations du Boudigot à Dax (Landes): Pessac, France, Bureau de Recherches Geologiques et Minieres Report 78 SGN 491 AQI, 9 p.