Santa Rosa de Lima

stratabound potash-bearing salt in Brazil

Geologic information

CountryBrazil
Location:-37.196, -10.6446
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Site typearea
Deposit typestratabound potash-bearing salt
Evaporite basinSergipe
Basin typemarine rift basin
Geologic unitMuribeca Fm-Ibura Mbr
Age
Mesozoic
Cretaceous
Lower Cretaceous
Aptian
Minimum:Mesozoic-Cretaceous-Lower Cretaceous-Aptian
Maximum:Mesozoic-Cretaceous-Lower Cretaceous-Aptian
Commodities
Minerals
Potassium minerals:
Other minerals:
Geologic map unit-37.196, -10.6446
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Economic information

Production
StatusNone
Estimates of reserves or resources
Ore tonnage66.9 in situMillion tonnes
K2O tonnage15.48Million tonnes
Grade of K2O23.13% of ore
Data sourceFriedrich (1997)

Reference information

Comments

Location is for town of Santa Rosa de Lima.

References

Cerqueira, R.M., Chaves, A.P.V., Pessoa, A.F.C., Monteiro, J.L.A., Pereira, J.C., and Wanderley, M.L., 1997, Jazidas de potassio de Taquari/Vassouras, Sergipe [Deposits of potassium, Taquari/Vassouras, Sergipe], in Schobbenhaus, C., Queiroz, E.T., and Silva Coelho, C.E., eds., Principais depositos minerais do Brasil, v. IV, Rochas e minerais industriais [Pricipal mineral deposits of Brazil, v. 4, Industrial rocks and minerals]: Brasilia, [Brazil] Departamento Nacional de Producao Mineral, p. 277-312.
Friedrich, A., 1997, Geologia do potassio [Geology of potassium], in Schobbenhaus, C., Queiroz, E.T., and Silva Coelho, C.E., eds., Principais depositos minerais do Brasil, v. IV, Rochas e minerais industriais [Major mineral deposits in Brazil, v. 4, Industrial rocks and minerals]: Brasilia, [Brazil] Departamento Nacional de Producao Mineral, p. 253-255.
Garrett, D.E., 1996, Potash; Deposits, processing, properties and uses: New York, Chapman and Hall, 734 p.
Russell, Alison, 1988b, Potash; Long haul recovery under way: Industrial Minerals, no. 244, p. 16-34.