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Ensisheim

stratabound potash-bearing salt in France

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Geologic information

CountryFrance
Location:7.3355, 47.8622
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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
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Other minerals:
Lithology
Geologic map unit7.3355, 47.8622
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Economic information

ThicknessBed 1: 1.5-2; Bed 2: 2-5.5m
Average gradeBed 1: 30-40; Bed 2: 23-37% K2O
Production
StatusPast Production
First year1920
Last year1961
Ore tonnage16.15Million tonnes
Data years1920-1961
Data sourceWeissenberger (1999)

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References

Bornuat, M., 2006, Les mines de potasse d'Alsace [Potash mines of Alsace]: Geologues, v. 149, p. 71-74.
British Sulphur Corporation Limited, 1975, World survey of potash resources (2d ed.): London, British Sulphur Corporation Limited, 148 p.
Rinaudo, J.-D., 2003, Economic assessment of groundwater protection; Groundwater restoration in the potash mining fields of Alsace, France; Case study report N. 1.: Orleans, France, Bureau de Recherches Geologiques et Minieres BRGM/RC-52324-FR, 30 p. (Also available at http://agire.brgm.fr/to%20download/RC-52324-FR_Als-potash.pdf.)
Weissenberger, Roger, 1999, Les mines de Potasse d'Alsace; 1904-2004 un siecle d'exploitations minieres [Potash mines of Alsace; 1904-2004 one century of mining]: Strasburg, Carre Blanc, 160 p.