Tazlau

halokinetic potash-bearing salt in Romania

Geologic information

CountryRomania
Location:26.4667, 46.7
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Site typearea
Deposit typehalokinetic potash-bearing salt
Evaporite basinCarpathian
Basin typeforeland basin
Geologic unitVorotyshcha Fm
Age
Cenozoic
Neogene
Miocene
Minimum:Cenozoic-Neogene-Miocene
Maximum:Cenozoic-Neogene-Miocene
Commodities
Minerals
Potassium minerals:
Other minerals:
Lithology
Notes:6-km-long faulted fold; evaporite strata are 30-m thick sequence of alternating salt breccia and salt beds with variable mineralogy.
Geologic map unit26.4667, 46.7
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Economic information

Average grade10.3% K2O
Production
StatusNot Determined
Estimates of reserves or resources
Ore tonnage334 tot geolMillion tonnes
K2O tonnage23 tot geolMillion tonnes
Grade of K2O7% of ore
Data sourceStoica and Gherasie (1981)

Reference information

Comments

Geologic reserves to a depth of 1,000 m.

References

Harris, P., 2001, A field day for minerals; North American agricultural minerals: Industrial Minerals, no. 411, p. 53-61.
Ianovici, V., and Borcos, M., 1982, Romania, in Dunning, F.W., Mykura, W., and Slater, D., eds., Mineral deposits of Europe, v. 2; Southeast Europe: London, The Institution of Mining and Metallurgy and The Mineralogical Society, p. 55-142.
Stoica, Coriolan, and Gherasie, Ion, 1981, Sarea si sarurile de potasiu si magneziu din România [Salt and salts of potassium and magnesium in Romania]: Bucharest, Editura Tehnica, 248 p. [In Romanian.]