Oued Mellah

mixed stratabound potash-bearing salt and halokinetic potash-bearing salt in Morocco

Geologic information

CountryMorocco
Location:-7.2333, 33.4167
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Site typebasin
Deposit typemixed stratabound potash-bearing salt and halokinetic potash-bearing salt
Evaporite basinDoukkala-Oued Mellah
Basin typemarine rift basin
Age
Mesozoic
Triassic-Jurassic
Upper Triassic-Lower Jurassic
Minimum:Mesozoic-Jurassic-Lower Jurassic
Maximum:Mesozoic-Triassic-Upper Triassic
Commodities
Minerals
Potassium minerals:
Lithology
Geologic map unit-7.2333, 33.4167
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Economic information

Production
StatusNone

Reference information

References

Arab Organisation for Mineral Resources, 1987, Mineral deposit map of the Arab world; Explanatory notes and maps: Rabat, Morocco, Arab Organisation for Mineral Resources, 430 p.