Salt Mountain

halokinetic potash-bearing salt in Spain

Geologic information

CountrySpain
Location:1.6769, 41.9061
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Site typemineral occurrence
Deposit typehalokinetic potash-bearing salt
Evaporite basinSouth Pyrenean
Basin typeforeland basin
Geologic unitCardona Fm
Age
Cenozoic
Paleogene
Eocene
Minimum:Cenozoic-Paleogene-Eocene
Maximum:Cenozoic-Paleogene-Eocene
Commodities
Minerals
Potassium minerals:
Other minerals:
Notes:Salt is estimated to extend to a depth of 2000 m.
Geologic map unit1.6769, 41.9061
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Economic information

Production
StatusNone

Reference information

References

Ramirez Ortega, A., 1986, The Catalan potash field: Industrial Minerals, no. 230, p. 55-59.