Potash resource Hattorf #272 (grouped mines/occurrences) in Germany

Production
Thickness	Hessen: 1.5-3; Thuringen: 1.5-3m
Depth	Hessen: 700-1000; Thuringen: 760-2060m
Average grade	Hessen: 10; Thuringen: 12-13% K₂O
Status	Active Production (2005)
Company	K+S KALI GmbH (2009)
First year	1908
Ore tonnage	1) 28.4556Million tonnes
K₂O tonnage	1) 2.2962; 2) 0.8974Million tonnes
Grade of K₂O	8.07% of ore
Data years	1) 1977-1982; 2) 1936-1944
Data source	1) British Sulphur (1984); 2) U.S. Office...(1945)

Reference information

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.

Harben, P.W., and Kuzvart, M., 1996, Industrial minerals; A global geology: London, Industrial Minerals Information Ltd., 462 p.

K+S Kali GmbH, 2009c, Werra-Hattorf - Philippsthal: K+S Web page accessed April 10, 2009, at http://www.kali-gmbh.com/uken/company/locations/europe/hattorf.html.

Kokorsch, R., and Psotta, M., 1984, Die Rohstoffversorgung der Kalifabriken Wintershall und Hattorf [The raw material supply of potash Wintershall and Hattorf]: Kali u. Steinsalz, v. 9, no. 2, p. 39-51.

Smith, M., 1982, Potash; Optimism prevails despite market gloom: Industrial Minerals, no. 176, p. 45-51.

U.S. Office of Military Government for Germany, 1945, Report on barite, fluorspar, graphite, potash, pyrite, salt and other miscellaneous non-metallic minerals in Germany: U.S. Office of Military Government for Germany, Economic Division, Industry Branch, Coal and Non-Metallic Mining Section, 28 p.

Wood, F.W., 1946, The winning and refining of potash minerals in the western zones of Germany; Mining section: London, Great Britain, British Intelligence Objectives Sub-Committee Final Report 1400, 105 p.