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Puck Gulf

stratabound potash-bearing salt in Poland

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Geologic information

CountryPoland
Location:18.3, 54.76
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Site typegrouped mines/occurrences
Deposit typestratabound potash-bearing salt
Evaporite basinZechstein
Basin typeintracratonic basin
Geologic unitZechstein Group
Age
Paleozoic
Permian
Guadalupian-Lopingian
Roadian-Wordian-Capitanian-Wuchiapingian-Changhsingian
Minimum:Paleozoic-Permian-Lopingian-Changhsingian
Maximum:Paleozoic-Permian-Guadalupian-Roadian
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Minerals
Potassium minerals:
Other minerals:
Lithology
Notes:Z1 potash salts form irregular bunches and bands.
Geologic map unit18.3, 54.76
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Economic information

Thickness6.5m
Depth740-900m
Average grade12.5% K2O
Production
StatusNone
Estimates of reserves or resources
Ore tonnage597 infMillion tonnes
K2O tonnage51 infMillion tonnes
Grade of K2O8.5% of ore
Data sourcePolish Geological Institute (2007)

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Comments

Along Baltic Sea; north of Gdanck; 4 of the deposits have been explored to 2008.

References

British Sulphur Corporation Limited, 1984, World survey of potash resources (4th ed.): London, British Sulphur Corporation Limited, 145 p.
Garrett, D.E., 1996, Potash; Deposits, processing, properties and uses: New York, Chapman and Hall, 734 p.
Harben, P.W., and Kuzvart, M., 1996, Industrial minerals; A global geology: London, Industrial Minerals Information Ltd., 462 p.
Osika, R., 1986, Poland, in Dunning, F.W., and Evans, A.M., eds., Mineral deposits of Europe, v. 3; Central Europe: London, The Institution of Mining and Metallurgy and The Mineralogical Society, p. 55-97.
Peryt, T.M., Pierre, C., and Gryniv, S.P., 1998, Origin of polyhalite deposits in the Zechstein (Upper Permian) Zdrada platform (northern Poland): Sedimentology, v. 45, p. 565-578.
Polish Geological Institute, 2004, Map of metal ores, sulfur, rock, salt, potassium and magnesium salts deposits in Poland as of 31 December 2004: Polish Geological Institute, scale 1:1,000,000.
Williams-Stroud, S.C., Searls, J.P., and Hite, R.J., 1994, Potash resources, in Carr, D.D., ed., Industrial minerals and rocks: Littleton, Colo., Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration, p. 783-802.