Suria-Cabanasas

halokinetic potash-bearing salt in Spain

Geologic information

CountrySpain
Location:1.7521, 41.8406
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Site typemine
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:
Lithology
Geologic map unit1.7521, 41.8406
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Economic information

Depth550-880m
Average grade15% K2O
Production
StatusActive Production (2011)

Reference information

Comments

Northern production area of Suria Mines; works anticline.

References

Garrett, D.E., 1996, Potash; Deposits, processing, properties and uses: New York, Chapman and Hall, 734 p.
Ramirez Ortega, A., 1986, The Catalan potash field: Industrial Minerals, no. 230, p. 55-59.