Tirgu-Ocna

halokinetic potash-bearing salt in Romania

Geologic information

CountryRomania
Location:26.6667, 46.2333
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Site typemineral occurrence
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
Geologic map unit26.6667, 46.2333
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Economic information

Production
StatusNot Determined

Reference information

References

Commission for the Geological Map of the World, 1973b, Carte metallogenique de l’Europe; Liste de gites mineraux, feuille 5 [Metallogenic map of Europe; list of mineral deposits, sheet 5]; Europe Centre (PRAGUE): Bureau de Recherches Geologiques et Minieres and United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization, 32 p.