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Nurpur

halokinetic potash-bearing salt in Pakistan

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CountryPakistan
Location:72.5833, 32.6667
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Site typemineral occurrence
Deposit typehalokinetic potash-bearing salt
Evaporite basinNagaur
Basin typecontinental rift basin
Geologic unitSalt Range Fm-Billianwala Salt Mbr
Age
Neoproterozoic-Paleozoic
[no defined period]-Cambrian
[no defined epoch]-Cambrian Series 2
Minimum:Paleozoic-Cambrian-Cambrian Series 2
Maximum:Neoproterozoic
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Geologic map unit72.5833, 32.6667
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References

Alam, G.S., Hussain, A., and Asrarullah, 1976, The mapping of Warcha and Kalabagh salt mines and potash investigations, Punjab, Pakistan: Records of the Geological Survey of Pakistan, v. 40, 14 p.
Sameeni, S.J., 2009, The Salt Range; Pakistan's unique field museum of geology and paleontology, chap. 6 of Lipps, J.H., and Granier, B.R.C., eds., PaleoParks - The protection and conservation of fossil sites worldwide: Carnets de Geologie / Notebooks on Geology, Book 2009/03, p. 65-73. (Also available at http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2009_BOOK_03/CG2009_BOOK_03_Chapter06.pdf).