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Berezniki 4

stratabound potash-bearing salt in Russian Federation

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Geologic information

CountryRussian Federation
Location:56.8722, 59.4289
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Site typemine
Deposit typestratabound potash-bearing salt
Evaporite basinCisuralian
Basin typeforeland basin
Geologic unitBerezniki Fm
Age
Paleozoic
Permian
Cisuralian
Kungurian
Minimum:Paleozoic-Permian-Cisuralian-Kungurian
Maximum:Paleozoic-Permian-Cisuralian-Kungurian
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Figures:Figures/SOL_More_KExtent_1fig.pdf
Geologic map unit56.8722, 59.4289
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Economic information

Depth300m
Production
StatusActive Production (2010)
CompanyUralkali (2011)
First year1988(?)

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Comments

Planned to be largest Russian potash mine.

References

British Sulphur Corporation Limited, 1979, World survey of potash resources (3d ed.): London, British Sulphur Corporation Limited, 138 p.
Roskill Information Services Ltd., 1989, The economics of potash (2d ed.): London, Roskill Information Services Ltd., 121 p.
Russell, Alison, 1988b, Potash; Long haul recovery under way: Industrial Minerals, no. 244, p. 16-34.