| Country | Oman | ||||
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| Location: | 55.8994, 21.6403 | ||||
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| Site type | mineral occurrence | ||||
| Deposit type | potash-bearing brine | ||||
| Evaporite basin | Umm as Samim | ||||
| Basin type | continental closed basin | ||||
| Age | Cenozoic Quaternary Pleistocene-Holocene
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| Minerals | Potassium minerals: Other minerals: | ||||
| Notes: | Salt content of brine is not high enough to mine; K content is reasonable, but recovery is believed to be difficult. | ||||
| Geologic map unit | 55.8994, 21.6403 | ||||
| Nearby scientific data | Find additional scientific data near this location | ||||
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| Status | None |