Niedersachsen-Riedel

halokinetic potash-bearing salt in Germany

Geologic information

CountryGermany
Location:10.11, 52.4912
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Site typegrouped mines/occurrences
Deposit typehalokinetic potash-bearing salt
Evaporite basinZechstein
Basin typeintracratonic basin
Geologic unitZechstein Group
Salt structureWathlingen-Hanigsen
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:Situated within the mushroom-shaped Wathlingen salt dome; mines exploited the Riedel potash seam; Stassfurt potash zone has not been mined.
Figures:Figures/ZCHB_More_Deposits_5figs.pdf
Geologic map unit10.11, 52.4912
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Economic information

ThicknessReidel: 2-3.5m
Average grade14% K2O
Production
StatusPast Production
CompanyK+S KALI GmbH (2009)
First year1910
Last year1997
K2O tonnage6.7Million tonnes
Data years1909-1995
Data sourceBeer (1996)

Reference information

References

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British Sulphur Corporation Limited, 1984, World survey of potash resources (4th ed.): London, British Sulphur Corporation Limited, 145 p.
Fulda, E., 1938, Steinsalz und Kalisalze [Rock salt and potash salt], in Beyschlag, F.H.A., Krusch, J.P., and Vogt, H., eds., Die Lagerstatten der nutzbaren Mineralien und Gesteine [The deposits of useful minerals and rocks]: v. III, pt. 2: Stuttgart, F. Enke, 240 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.
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.
Krupp, R.E., 2005, Formation and chemical evolution of magnesium chloride brines by evaporite dissolution processes; implications for evaporite geochemistry: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 69, no. 17, p. 4283-4299.
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.