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Conow

halokinetic potash-bearing salt in Germany

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Geologic information

CountryGermany
Location:11.331, 53.223
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Site typemine
Deposit typehalokinetic potash-bearing salt
Evaporite basinZechstein
Basin typeintracratonic basin
Geologic unitZechstein Group
Salt structureConow
Age
Paleozoic
Permian
Guadalupian-Lopingian
Roadian-Wordian-Capitanian-Wuchiapingian-Changhsingian
Minimum:Paleozoic-Permian-Lopingian-Changhsingian
Maximum:Paleozoic-Permian-Guadalupian-Roadian
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Geologic map unit11.331, 53.223
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Average grade10-15% K2O
Production
StatusPast Production
First year1912
Last year1914
K2O tonnage0.029Million tonnes

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References

Bergamt Stralsund des Landes Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, 2010c, Ehemaliges Kalibergwerk der Gewerkschaft Conow: Bergamt Stralsund des Landes Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Web page accessed May 19, 2010, at http://www.bergamt-mv.de/cms2/Bergamt_prod/Bergamt/content_downloads/Profil_Lgst_Conow.pdf. [In German.]Enemy Oil Committee, 1945, Petroleum facilities of Germany: Washington, D.C., U.S. Army, Office of the Quartermaster General, Fuels and Lubricants Division, 32 p. (Also available at http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p4013coll8/id/1657/rec/9.)
Stille, H., and Schluter, H., 1934, Natural gas occurrences of Germany: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 18, no. 6, p. 719-735.