Pamplona

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

Geologic information

CountrySpain
Location:-1.5667, 42.8
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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
Commodities
Minerals
Potassium minerals:
Other minerals:
Geologic map unit-1.5667, 42.8
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Economic information

Production
StatusPast Production

Reference information

Comments

Pamplona includes Esparza, Beriain, Guendolain, and Undiano shafts.

References

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.