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Tauorga

potash-bearing brine in Libya

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Geologic information

CountryLibya
Location:15.2, 31.917
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Site typemineral occurrence
Deposit typepotash-bearing brine
Evaporite basinTauorga
Basin typecontinental closed basin
Age
Cenozoic
Quaternary(?)
Minimum:Cenozoic-Quaternary(?)
Maximum:Cenozoic-Quaternary(?)
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Minerals
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Other minerals:
Geologic map unit15.2, 31.917
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Comments

Area is up to 1,000 square km.

References

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.