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stratabound potash-bearing salt in Germany

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CountryGermany
Location:10, 50.83
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Site typegrouped mines/occurrences
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
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Lithology
Geologic map unit10, 50.83
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Production
StatusActive Production (2008)

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Comments

Latitude and longitude are for headframe at Auekrub (Google Earth).

References

British Sulphur Corporation Limited, 1975, World survey of potash resources (2d ed.): London, British Sulphur Corporation Limited, 148 p.
K+S Kali GmbH, 2009d, Werra-Unterbreizbach: K+S Web page accessed April 10, 2009, http://www.kali-gmbh.com/uken/company/locations/europe/unterbreizbach.html.K+S Kali GmbH, 2009e, Werra-Wintershall - Heringen: K+S Web page accessed April 10, 2009, http://www.kali-gmbh.com/uken/company/locations/europe/wintershall.html.