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Racalmuto

halokinetic potash-bearing salt in Italy

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Geologic information

CountryItaly
Location:13.7538, 37.4307
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Site typemine
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; 5 of 6 kainite beds were minable.
Geologic map unit13.7538, 37.4307
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Economic information

Depth840-1400m
Production
StatusPast Production

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Comments

By 1992, the mine only produced salt; on care and maintenance due to groundwater shortage (2005).

References

Adamo, S., 1992, The Sicilian rock salt and potash mines: Mining Magazine, v. 166, no. 5, p. 277-283.
British Sulphur Corporation Limited, 1975, World survey of potash resources (2d ed.): London, British Sulphur Corporation Limited, 148 p.
Garrett, D.E., 1996, Potash; Deposits, processing, properties and uses: New York, Chapman and Hall, 734 p.
Harben, P.W., and Kuzvart, M., 1996, Industrial minerals; A global geology: London, Industrial Minerals Information Ltd., 462 p.
Newman, H.R., 2007, The mineral industry of Italy, in Area reports; International: U.S. Geological Survey Minerals Yearbook 2005, v. III, p 16.1-16.21, accessed online September 21, 2012, at http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/country/2005/itmyb05.pdf.
Roskill Information Services Ltd., 1989, The economics of potash (2d ed.): London, Roskill Information Services Ltd., 121 p.
Warren, J., 1999, Evaporites; Their evolution and economics: Malden, Mass., Blackwell Science, 438 p.