Sterlitamak

halokinetic potash-bearing salt in Russian Federation

Geologic information

CountryRussian Federation
Location:55.9543, 53.6295
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Site typemineral occurrence
Deposit typehalokinetic potash-bearing salt
Evaporite basinCisuralian
Basin typeforeland basin
Geologic unitIren Fm
Age
Paleozoic
Permian
Cisuralian
Kungurian
Minimum:Paleozoic-Permian-Cisuralian-Kungurian
Maximum:Paleozoic-Permian-Cisuralian-Kungurian
Commodities
Minerals
Potassium minerals:
Other minerals:
Notes:Disseminations and aggregates of polyhalite within the halite.
Geologic map unit55.9543, 53.6295
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Economic information

Production
StatusNone

Reference information

References

British Sulphur Corporation Limited, 1979, World survey of potash resources (3d ed.): London, British Sulphur Corporation Limited, 138 p.
Commission for the Geological Map of the World, 1973a, Carte metallogenique de l’Europe; Liste de gites mineraux, feuille 3 [Metallogenic map of Europe; list of mineral deposits, sheet 3]; Europe NW (PERM): Bureau de Recherches Geologiques et Minieres and United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization, 8 p.
Zharkov, M.A., 1984, Paleozoic salt bearing formations of the world: New York, Springer-Verlag, 427 p.