Gremyachinsk

halokinetic potash-bearing salt in Russian Federation

Geologic information

CountryRussian Federation
Location:43.3359, 47.7084
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Site typearea
Deposit typehalokinetic potash-bearing salt
Evaporite basinPricaspian
Basin typepolyphasic basin
Geologic unitIren Fm or equivalent
Age
Paleozoic
Permian
Cisuralian
Kungurian
Minimum:Paleozoic-Permian-Cisuralian-Kungurian
Maximum:Paleozoic-Permian-Cisuralian-Kungurian
Commodities
Minerals
Potassium minerals:
Other minerals:
Geologic map unit43.3359, 47.7084
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Economic information

Production
StatusUnder Development (2006)
CompanyEuroChem (2011)
Estimates of reserves or resources
Ore tonnage1900Million tonnes
K2O tonnage18.8Million tonnes
Grade of K2O19.9% of ore
Data sourceChemical Business Newsbase (2010)

Reference information

Comments

Large deposit.

References

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Chemical Business Newsbase, 2010, Eurochem heads toward potash market entry: Elsevier Engineering Information, Inc. press release September 13, 2010, 1 p., accessed September 13, 2010, at http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-237593897/eurochem-heads-toward-potash.html.
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Industrial Minerals, 2007a, EuroChem develops Russian potash deposit: Industrial Minerals, no. 472, p. 14.
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Rundkvist, D.V., ed., 2001, Mineragenetic map of Russian Federation and adjacent states (within the boundaries of former USSR): Ministry of Natural Resources of Russian Federation, State Research and Development Enterprise "Aerogeologica", 49 p., 1 map on 18 sheets, scale 1:2,500,000.
Svidzinskiy, S.A., and Merzlyakov, G.A., 1986, The Gremyachinsk sylvinite deposit, in Yanshin, A.L., and Merzlyakov, G.A., eds., Novye dannye po geologii solenosnykh basseinov Sovetskogo Soyuza [New data on the geology of saliferous basins in the Soviet Union]: Moscow, Nauka, p. 204-219.