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Mount Sdom

halokinetic potash-bearing salt in Israel

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CountryIsrael
Location:35.39, 31.08
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Site typemineral occurrence
Deposit typehalokinetic potash-bearing salt
Evaporite basinDead Sea
Basin typepull-apart basin
Geologic unitSedom Fm
Age
Cenozoic
Neogene
Pliocene
Minimum:Cenozoic-Neogene-Pliocene
Maximum:Cenozoic-Neogene-Pliocene
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Geologic map unit35.39, 31.08
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References

Arab Organisation for Mineral Resources, 1987, Mineral deposit map of the Arab world; Explanatory notes and maps: Rabat, Morocco, Arab Organisation for Mineral Resources, 430 p.
Folle, Stefan, 2006, Middle East salt deposits; Distribution and potential use, in Spring 2006 Conference, Brussels, Belgium, April 30 to May 3, 2006: Clarks Summit, Penn., Solution Mining Research Institute, Technical Conference Paper, 14 p. (Also available at http://www.storconsult.de/downloads/Folle_2006_SMRI.pdf.)