| Country | Kenya | ||||
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| Location: | 36.2833, -1.8667 | ||||
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| Site type | deposit | ||||
| Deposit type | potash-bearing brine | ||||
| Evaporite basin | Magadi | ||||
| Basin type | continental rift basin | ||||
| Age | Cenozoic Quaternary Pleistocene-Holocene
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| Commodities | |||||
| Minerals | Potassium minerals: Other minerals: | ||||
| Lithology | |||||
| Geologic map unit | 36.2833, -1.8667 | ||||
| Nearby scientific data | Find additional scientific data near this location | ||||
| Production | |
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| Status | None |
| Estimates of reserves or resources | |
| K2O tonnage | 0.0791Million tonnes |
| Data source | Secretariat of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (2006) |
Soda ash is produced from sodium chloride brine.