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Marie-Louise Ouest

stratabound potash-bearing salt in France

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Geologic information

CountryFrance
Location:7.2674, 47.8325
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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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Potassium minerals:
Other minerals:
Lithology
Geologic map unit7.2674, 47.8325
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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 year1972
Last year2001
Ore tonnage92Million tonnes
Data years1972-2002
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.
Harben, P.W., and Kuzvart, M., 1996, Industrial minerals; A global geology: London, Industrial Minerals Information Ltd., 462 p.
Industrial Minerals, 1999a, MDPA closes potash mine: Industrial Minerals, no. 385, p. 97.
Roskill Information Services Ltd., 1989, The economics of potash (2d ed.): London, Roskill Information Services Ltd., 121 p.
Russell, Alison, 1988a, Industrial minerals of France; Current production and developments: Industrial Minerals, no. 249, p. 19-34.
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.