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Pisida

potash-bearing brine in Libya

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Geologic information

CountryLibya
Location:11.75, 33.0833
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Site typedeposit
Deposit typepotash-bearing brine
Evaporite basinPisida
Basin typesabkha
Age
Cenozoic
Quaternary
Minimum:Cenozoic-Quaternary
Maximum:Cenozoic-Quaternary
Commodities
Minerals
Potassium minerals:
Other minerals:
Notes:Surface deposits form in depression separated from the Mediterranean Sea by a narrow sandy barrier; bedded salt deposits exist at depth in this basin. Salt crust is 3-10 cm thick and there is a mixed salt layer of 30 cm.
Geologic map unit11.75, 33.0833
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Production
StatusNone
Estimates of reserves or resources
Ore tonnage31 K salts (solid), 11.5 (brine)Million tonnes
Data years1981
Data sourceGoudarzi (1982)

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References

Garrett, D.E., 1996, Potash; Deposits, processing, properties and uses: New York, Chapman and Hall, 734 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.
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.