Ghor Al-Safi

potash-bearing brine in Jordan

Geologic information

CountryJordan
Location:35.5073, 31.1062
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Site typemine
Deposit typepotash-bearing brine
Evaporite basinDead Sea
Basin typepull-apart basin
Age
Cenozoic
Neogene
Pliocene
Minimum:Cenozoic-Neogene-Pliocene
Maximum:Cenozoic-Neogene-Pliocene
Commodities
Minerals
Potassium minerals:
Other minerals:
Geologic map unit35.5073, 31.1062
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Economic information

Production
StatusActive Production

Reference information

References

Wilburn, D.R., Di Francesco, C., and Bleiwas, D.I., 1996, Estimated use of explosives in the mining industries of Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Tunisia, and Turkey: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Report UCRL-CR-125620, variously paged.
Williams-Stroud, S.C., Searls, J.P., and Hite, R.J., 1994, Potash resources, in Carr, D.D., ed., Industrial minerals and rocks: Littleton, Colo., Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration, p. 783-802.