Bharusari

stratabound potash-bearing salt in India

Geologic information

CountryIndia
Location:74.2717, 29.3083
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Site typearea
Deposit typestratabound potash-bearing salt
Evaporite basinNagaur
Basin typecontinental rift basin
Geologic unitHanseran Evaporite Group
Age
Neoproterozoic-Paleozoic
[no defined period]-Cambrian
[no defined epoch]-Cambrian Series 2
Minimum:Paleozoic-Cambrian-Cambrian Series 2
Maximum:Neoproterozoic
Commodities
Minerals
Potassium minerals:
Other minerals:
Geologic map unit74.2717, 29.3083
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Economic information

Production
StatusNone
Estimates of reserves or resources
Ore tonnage88.16 prob + 300.15 possMillion tonnes
K2O tonnage5 prob + 16.9 possMillion tonnes
Grade of K2O5.62% of ore
Data years1999
Data sourceKumar and Bakliwal (2005)

Reference information

References

Kumar, V., and Bakliwal, P.C., 2005, Potash in India: India Geological Survey Miscellaneous Publication 65, 131 p.