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Milena

halokinetic potash-bearing salt in Italy

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Geologic information

CountryItaly
Location:13.764, 37.468
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Site typemineral occurrence
Deposit typehalokinetic potash-bearing salt
Evaporite basinCaltanissetta
Basin typeconvergent basin
Geologic unitSolfifera Series
Age
Cenozoic
Neogene
Miocene
Minimum:Cenozoic-Neogene-Miocene
Maximum:Cenozoic-Neogene-Miocene
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Lithology
Notes:Small deposit.
Geologic map unit13.764, 37.468
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Economic information

Depthup to 1250m
Production
StatusNot Determined
First year1984(?)

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Comments

Latitude and longitude are for the town of Milena.

References

Adamo, S., 1992, The Sicilian rock salt and potash mines: Mining Magazine, v. 166, no. 5, p. 277-283.
Garrett, D.E., 1996, Potash; Deposits, processing, properties and uses: New York, Chapman and Hall, 734 p.
Roskill Information Services Ltd., 1989, The economics of potash (2d ed.): London, Roskill Information Services Ltd., 121 p.
Smith, M., 1982, Potash; Optimism prevails despite market gloom: Industrial Minerals, no. 176, p. 45-51.
Warren, J., 1999, Evaporites; Their evolution and economics: Malden, Mass., Blackwell Science, 438 p.