Neuhof Ellers

stratabound potash-bearing salt in Germany

Geologic information

CountryGermany
Location:9.5976, 50.4601
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Site typemine
Deposit typestratabound potash-bearing salt
Evaporite basinZechstein
Basin typeintracratonic basin
Geologic unitZechstein Group
Age
Paleozoic
Permian
Guadalupian-Lopingian
Roadian-Wordian-Capitanian-Wuchiapingian-Changhsingian
Minimum:Paleozoic-Permian-Lopingian-Changhsingian
Maximum:Paleozoic-Permian-Guadalupian-Roadian
Commodities
Minerals
Potassium minerals:
Other minerals:
Lithology
Notes:2 main potash seams, Hessen and Thuringen.
Geologic map unit9.5976, 50.4601
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Economic information

Production
StatusActive Production (2006)
CompanyK+S KALI GmbH (2009)
First year1913
Ore tonnage20.1896Million tonnes
K2O tonnage1.7541Million tonnes
Grade of K2O8.69% of ore
Data years1977-1982
Data sourceBritish Sulphur (1984)

Reference information

Comments

Inactive from mid-1920s to mid1950s; restart in 1954.

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, 2009a, Neuhof-Ellers: K+S Web page accessed April 10, 2009, at http://www.kali-gmbh.com/uken/company/locations/europe/neuhof.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.
Roskill Information Services Ltd., 1989, The economics of potash (2d ed.): London, Roskill Information Services Ltd., 121 p.
Smith, M., 1982, Potash; Optimism prevails despite market gloom: Industrial Minerals, no. 176, p. 45-51.