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Esparza-Undino

mixed stratabound potash-bearing salt and halokinetic potash-bearing salt in Spain

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Geologic information

CountrySpain
Location:-1.6833, 42.75
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Site typemine
Deposit typemixed stratabound potash-bearing salt and halokinetic potash-bearing salt
Evaporite basinSouth Pyrenean
Basin typeforeland basin
Geologic unitGuendulain Fm
Age
Cenozoic
Paleogene
Eocene
Minimum:Cenozoic-Paleogene-Eocene
Maximum:Cenozoic-Paleogene-Eocene
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Minerals
Potassium minerals:
Geologic map unit-1.6833, 42.75
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Economic information

Production
StatusActive Production(?)
Estimates of reserves or resources
Ore tonnage110Million tonnes

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Comments

Individual deposits may be elsewhere in this list (such as Pamplona).

References

Echevarria-Caballero, M.R., 1983, Industrial minerals and rocks in Spain, in Coope, B.M., and Clarke, G.M., eds., Proceedings of the 5th “Industrial Minerals” International Congress, Madrid, 1982, Proceedings: London, Metal Bulletin PLC, p. 9-15.
Garrett, D.E., 1996, Potash; Deposits, processing, properties and uses: New York, Chapman and Hall, 734 p.
Griffiths, J., 1985, Spain's industrial minerals: Industrial Minerals, no. 217, p. 23-63.
Roskill Information Services Ltd., 1989, The economics of potash (2d ed.): London, Roskill Information Services Ltd., 121 p.
Smith, M., 1982, Potash; Optimism prevails despite market gloom: Industrial Minerals, no. 176, p. 45-51.