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Thakhek

stratabound potash-bearing salt in Lao People's Democratic Republic

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Geologic information

CountryLao People's Democratic Republic
Location:104.815, 17.333
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Site typedeposit
Deposit typestratabound potash-bearing salt
Evaporite basinSakhon Nakhon
Basin typeintracratonic basin
Geologic unitMaha Sarakham Fm
Age
Mesozoic
Cretaceous
Upper Cretaceous
Minimum:Mesozoic-Cretaceous-Upper Cretaceous
Maximum:Mesozoic-Cretaceous-Upper Cretaceous
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Potassium minerals:
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Lithology
Notes:Chinese literature classifies the Lao potash as part of the Paleocene Thangone Formation (Tan and others, 2010).
Geologic map unit104.815, 17.333
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Economic information

Production
StatusNone
CompanyKaiyuan Group Inc. (2011)
Estimates of reserves or resources
Grade of K2O10.7% of ore
Data sourceMarutani (2006)

Reference information

References

Marutani, Masaharu, 2006, Final report for economic geology FR2, Sector plan for sustainable development of the mining sector in the Lao PDR: Washington, D.C., The World Bank, Trust Fund #030670, 36 p. and appendices.
Tan H., Ma H., Li B., Zhange X., and Xiao Y., 2010, Strontium and boron isotopic constraint on the marine origin of the Khammuane potash deposits in southeastern Laos: Chinese Science Bulletin, v. 55, no. 27-28, p. 3,181-3,188.