Potash resource Marada #507 (area) in Libya

Production
Status	Small Past Production
K₂O tonnage	0.0128Million tonnes
Data years	1939-1940
Data source	Notholt (1983)
Estimates of reserves or resources
Ore tonnage	1.6Million tonnes
Grade of K₂O	40% of ore
Data years	1939
Data source	Goudarzi (1982)

Reference information

Comments

Minor production of KCl from brine in 1939-40; reserve figure is for a 15-square km area.

References

British Sulphur Corporation Limited, 1979, World survey of potash resources (3d ed.): London, British Sulphur Corporation Limited, 138 p.

Goudarzi, G.H., 1970, Geology and mineral resources of Libya; A reconnaissance: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 660, 104 p. (Also available at http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/pp660.)

Goudarzi, G.H., 1982, Potash in Libya, in Austin, G.S., ed., Industrial rocks and minerals of the Southwest: New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources Circular 182, p. 27-30.

Notholt, A.J.G., 1983, Potash in developing countries, in McKercher, R.M., ed., Potash 83; Potash technology; mining, processing, maintenance, transportation, occupational health and safety, environment: Toronto, Canada, Pergamon Press, p. 29-40.

Van Kauwenbergh, S.J., 2006, Fertilizer raw material resources of Africa: Muscle Shoals, AL, USA, IFDC, 435 p.

Wilburn, D.R., Russell, J.A., and Bleiwas, D.I., 1995, Estimated use of explosives in the mining industries of Algeria, Iran, Iraq, and Libya: Report UCRL-CR-122186, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, variously paged.