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Nezhinsky

stratabound potash-bearing salt in Belarus

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Geologic information

CountryBelarus
Location:28.1601, 52.6529
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Site typedeposit
Deposit typestratabound potash-bearing salt
Evaporite basinPripyat
Basin typecontinental rift basin
Geologic unitLebedyan Horizon
Age
Paleozoic
Devonian
Upper Devonian
Famennian
Minimum:Paleozoic-Devonian-Upper Devonian-Famennian
Maximum:Paleozoic-Devonian-Upper Devonian-Famennian
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Other minerals:
Geologic map unit28.1601, 52.6529
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Production
StatusNone
CompanyBelaruskali (2011)
Estimates of reserves or resources
Ore tonnage311Million tonnes
Data sourceManenok (2011)

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Comments

Planned opening by 2020.

References

Belarusian Telegraph Agency, 2011a, Belarus to rack up extraction of potash fertilizers: Belarusian Telegraph Agency press release, December 8, 2011, 1 p., accessed January 28, 2012, at http://news.belta.by/en/news/president?id=669047.
McFaul, E.J., Mason, G.T., Ferguson, W B., and Lipin, B.R., 2002, U.S. Geological Survey mineral databases; MRS and MAS/MILS: U.S. Geological Survey Digital Data Series DDS-52, 2 disks.
Foreign Policy and Security Research Center, 2011, Belaruskali commissions second priority complex at Krasnoslobodsky mine: Foreign Policy and Security Research Center press release, January 4, 2012, 1 p., accessed January 4, 2012, at http://forsecurity.org/belaruskali-commissions-second-priority-complex-krasnoslobodsky-mine.Manenok, Tatiana, 2011, Амбициозный Гуцериев [Ambitious Gutseriev]: Белорчсы и Рынок [Belmarket] Web page accessed November 25, 2012, at http://belmarket.by/ru/145/60/11514/%D0%90%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9-%D0%93%D1%83%D1%86%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%B2.htm. [In Russian.]