Gusainsar

stratabound potash-bearing salt in India

Geologic information

CountryIndia
Location:73.95, 28.2486
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Site typemineral occurrence
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:
Notes:Over a 3-m zone, preliminary samples ran 1.79-8.7 percent potash.
Geologic map unit73.95, 28.2486
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Economic information

Production
StatusNone

Reference information

References

United Nations ESCAP Committee on Natural Resources, 1983, Proceedings of the Ninth Session of the Committee on Natural Resources: United Nations, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), Mineral Resources Development Series 50, 387 p.