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halokinetic potash-bearing salt in Poland

Geologic information

CountryPoland
Location:17.4775, 52.9036
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Site typemineral occurrence
Deposit typehalokinetic 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
Commodities
Minerals
Other minerals:
Notes:Salt (and earlier gypsum mine) on one of smallest Zechstein domes in Poland.
Geologic map unit17.4775, 52.9036
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Economic information

Production
StatusNone

Reference information

Comments

Salt mine has been flooded and collapsed.

References

Zuber, A., Grabczak, J., and Garlicki, A., 2000, Catastrophic and dangerous inflows to salt mines in Poland as related to the origin of water determined by isotope methods: Environmental Geology, v. 39, no. 3-4, p. 299-311.