Country | Romania | ||||
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Location: | 26.6053, 46.2839 | ||||
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Site type | area | ||||
Deposit type | halokinetic potash-bearing salt | ||||
Evaporite basin | Carpathian | ||||
Basin type | foreland basin | ||||
Geologic unit | Vorotyshcha Fm | ||||
Age | Cenozoic Neogene Miocene
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Minerals | Potassium minerals: Other minerals: | ||||
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Notes: | Potash salts in 3 beds within salt formation. | ||||
Geologic map unit | 26.6053, 46.2839 | ||||
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Depth | 100-230m |
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Average grade | 8-30% K2O |
Production | |
Status | Not Determined |
Estimates of reserves or resources | |
Ore tonnage | 69 tot geolMillion tonnes |
K2O tonnage | 4.8 tot geolMillion tonnes |
Grade of K2O | 7% of ore |
Data source | Stoica and Gherasie (1981) |
Geologic reserves to a depth of 1,000 m.