Potash resource South Oman #546 (basin) in Oman

South Oman

halokinetic potash-bearing salt in Oman

Geologic information

Country

Oman

Location:

55.7, 19.2

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Site type

basin

Deposit type

halokinetic potash-bearing salt

Evaporite basin

Oman-South Oman

Basin type

continental rift basin

Geologic unit

Ara Fm

Age

Neoproterozoic-Paleozoic

[no defined period]-Cambrian

[no defined epoch]-Cambrian Series 2

Minimum:	Paleozoic-Cambrian-Cambrian Series 2
Maximum:	Neoproterozoic

Commodities

Minerals

Potassium minerals:

Other minerals:

Notes:

Thick intervals of potassium salts at sporadic horizons in Ara halite.

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Economic information

Production
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Reference information

Comments

Exact location is not documented.

References

Mattes, B.W., and Morris, C., 1990, Carbonate/evaporite deposition in the Late Precambrian; Early Cambrian Ara Formation of southern Oman, in Robertson, A.H.F., Searle, M.P., and Ries, A.C., eds., The geology and tectonics of the Oman region: London, Geological Society Special Publication 49, p. 617-636.