Buggingen

stratabound potash-bearing salt in Germany

Geologic information

CountryGermany
Location:7.6195, 47.8581
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Site typemine
Deposit typestratabound potash-bearing salt
Evaporite basinRhine Graben
Basin typecontinental rift basin
Geologic unitPechelbronn Beds
Age
Cenozoic
Paleogene
Oligocene
Rupelian
Minimum:Cenozoic-Paleogene-Oligocene-Rupelian
Maximum:Cenozoic-Paleogene-Oligocene-Rupelian
Commodities
Minerals
Potassium minerals:
Other minerals:
Lithology
Geologic map unit7.6195, 47.8581
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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 year1923
Last year1973

Reference information

References

Bauer, M., Eichinger, L., Elsass, P., Kloppmann, W., and Wirsing, G., 2005, Isotopic and hydrochemical studies of groundwater flow and salinity in the southern Upper Rhine Graben: International Journal of Earth Science (Geol. Rundsch.), v. 94, p. 565-579.
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.
Commission for the Geological Map of the World, 1973b, Carte metallogenique de l’Europe; Liste de gites mineraux, feuille 5 [Metallogenic map of Europe; list of mineral deposits, sheet 5]; Europe Centre (PRAGUE): Bureau de Recherches Geologiques et Minieres and United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization, 32 p.
Gunzert, G., 1961, Die "Obere Bituminöse Zone" im bereich de kalisalzlagerstatte von Buggingen (Baden) [The “Upper Bituminous zone” in the area of the Buggingen potash deposit (Baden)]: Kali und Steinsalz, v. 3, no. 4, p. 111-118.
Walther, H.W., 1986, Federal Republic of Germany, in Dunning, F.W., and Evans, A.M., eds., Mineral deposits of Europe, v. 3; Central Europe: London, The Institution of Mining and Metallurgy and The Mineralogical Society, p. 175-301.