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stratabound potash-bearing salt in Germany

Geologic information

CountryGermany
Location:7.5803, 47.8486
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Site typemine
Deposit typestratabound potash-bearing salt
Evaporite basinRhine Graben
Basin typecontinental rift basin
Geologic unitPechelbronn Beds
Age
Cenozoic
Paleogene
Oligocene
Rupelian
Minimum:Cenozoic-Paleogene-Oligocene-Rupelian
Maximum:Cenozoic-Paleogene-Oligocene-Rupelian
Commodities
Minerals
Potassium minerals:
Other minerals:
Lithology
Geologic map unit7.5803, 47.8486
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Economic information

Production
StatusPast Production

Reference information

References

Gunzert, G., 1961, Die "Obere Bituminöse Zone" im bereich de kalisalzlagerstatte von Buggingen (Baden) [The “Upper Bituminous zone” in the area of the Buggingen potash deposit (Baden)]: Kali und Steinsalz, v. 3, no. 4, p. 111-118.