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Polovodov

stratabound potash-bearing salt in Russian Federation

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Geologic information

CountryRussian Federation
Location:56.9547, 59.6929
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Site typearea
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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Potassium minerals:
Other minerals:
Lithology
Figures:Figures/SOL_More_KExtent_1fig.pdf
Geologic map unit56.9547, 59.6929
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Economic information

Production
StatusNone
CompanyUralkali (2012)
Estimates of reserves or resources
Ore tonnage1) 3000; 2) 3070 syl+car ore; 3) est-600 carMillion tonnes
Data source1) Industrial Minerals (2008e); 2) Paxton and Shurmina (2008); 3) Helmer (2007)

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Comments

Large deposit.

References

Petrov, O., Shatov, V., Kondian, K., Markov, G., Guriev, G., Seltmann, R., and Armstrong, R., 2007, Mineral deposits of the Urals 1M scale map and database; ArcView 3.2 GIS package: London, Natural History Museum, Center for Russian and Central Asian Mineral Studies (CERCAMS), 91 sheets.
Helmer, John, 2007, In Russian potash market, Number-2 tries harder: Mineweb press release, December 10, 2007, 1 p., accessed November 20, 2009, at http://mineweb.com:8080/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page58?oid=41749&sn=Detail.
Industrial Minerals, 2008e, Russia's golden potash future: Industrial Minerals, no. 487, p. 20.
Kolesnikova, Maria, 2007, Russia to auction world's largest untapped potash sites in April: The Wall Street Journal press release, December 25, 2007, 1 p., accessed December 28, 2008, at http://www.livemint.com/2007/12/25233916/Russia-to-auction-world8217.html.Paxton, R., and Shurmina, N., 2008, UPDATE 1; Silvinit main winner in $2.4 bln Russia potash sale: Reuters UK press release, March 12, 2008, 1 p., accessed March 12, 2008, at http://uk.reuters.com/article/rbssIndustryMaterialsUtilitiesNews/idUKL1233642420080312.