Subiza

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

Geologic information

CountrySpain
Location:-1.6667, 42.7167
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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-1.6667, 42.7167
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Economic information

Production
StatusPast Production
First year1986
Last year1997

Reference information

References

Cendon, D.I., Ayora, C., and Pueyo, J.-J., 1998, The origin of barren bodies in the Subiza potash deposit, Navarra, Spain; implications for sylvite formation: Journal of Sedimentary Research, Section A; Sedimentary Petrology and Processes, v. 68, no. 1, p. 43-52.
Russell, Alison, 1988b, Potash; Long haul recovery under way: Industrial Minerals, no. 244, p. 16-34.