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Yaringa No. 1

stratabound potash-bearing salt in Australia

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CountryAustralia
Location:114.3611, -26.0649
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Site typedrill hole
Deposit typestratabound potash-bearing salt
Evaporite basinCarnarvon
Basin typeintracratonic basin
Geologic unitYaringa Fm
Age
Paleozoic
Silurian
Ludlow(?)-Pridoli
Minimum:Paleozoic-Silurian-Pridoli
Maximum:Paleozoic-Silurian-Ludlow(?)
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Geologic map unit114.3611, -26.0649
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References

Hocking, R.M., Moors, H.T., and Van de Graff, W.J.E., 1987, Geology of the Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia: Perth, Geological Survey of Western Australia Bulletin 133, 289 p.
Wells, A.T., 1980, Evaporites in Australia: Australian Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics Bulletin 198, 104 p.
Zharkov, M.A., 1984, Paleozoic salt bearing formations of the world: New York, Springer-Verlag, 427 p.