Country | Germany | ||||
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Location: | 10.11, 52.4912 | ||||
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Site type | grouped mines/occurrences | ||||
Deposit type | halokinetic potash-bearing salt | ||||
Evaporite basin | Zechstein | ||||
Basin type | intracratonic basin | ||||
Geologic unit | Zechstein Group | ||||
Salt structure | Wathlingen-Hanigsen | ||||
Age | Paleozoic Permian Guadalupian-Lopingian Roadian-Wordian-Capitanian-Wuchiapingian-Changhsingian
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Minerals | Potassium minerals: Other minerals: | ||||
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Notes: | Situated within the mushroom-shaped Wathlingen salt dome; mines exploited the Riedel potash seam; Stassfurt potash zone has not been mined. | ||||
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Geologic map unit | 10.11, 52.4912 | ||||
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Thickness | Reidel: 2-3.5m |
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Average grade | 14% K2O |
Production | |
Status | Past Production |
Company | K+S KALI GmbH (2009) |
First year | 1910 |
Last year | 1997 |
K2O tonnage | 6.7Million tonnes |
Data years | 1909-1995 |
Data source | Beer (1996) |