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Bamnet Narong

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

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CountryThailand
Location:101.687, 15.497
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Site typearea
Deposit typemixed stratabound potash-bearing salt and halokinetic potash-bearing salt
Evaporite basinKhorat
Basin typeintracratonic basin
Geologic unitMaha Sarakham Fm
Age
Mesozoic
Cretaceous
Upper Cretaceous
Minimum:Mesozoic-Cretaceous-Upper Cretaceous
Maximum:Mesozoic-Cretaceous-Upper Cretaceous
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Lithology
Notes:On salt anticline.
Geologic map unit101.687, 15.497
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Thickness20.0-27.3 m
Depth150-400m
Production
StatusNot Determined

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References

Burghardt, G.A., 1986, The potential of the Thai potash deposit in the light of a future world potash fertilizer supply, in Workshop on Occurrence, Exploration and Development of Fertilizer Minerals, Fertilizer minerals in Asia and the Pacific: Bangkok, Thailand, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), Mineral concentrations and hydrocarbon accumulations in the ESCAP region, v. 1, p. 108-118.
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2001, Mineral resources of Thailand: New York, United Nations, Atlas of Mineral Resources of the ESCAP Region, v. 16, 239 p.
Hite, R.J., 1986, Potash deposits of the Khorat Plateau, Thailand, in Workshop on Occurrence, Exploration and Development of Fertilizer Minerals, Fertilizer minerals in Asia and the Pacific: Bangkok, Thailand, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), Mineral concentrations and hydrocarbon accumulations in the ESCAP region, v. 1, p. 51-73.
Hite, R.J., and Japakasetr, Thawat, 1979, Potash deposits of the Khorat Plateau, Thailand and Laos: Economic Geology, v. 74, no. 2, p. 448-458.
Japakasetr, T., 1980, Potash deposits of northeast Thailand, in Sheldon, R.P., and Burnett, W.C., eds., Fertilizer mineral potential in Asia and the Pacific: Honolulu, Hawaii, East-West Resource Systems Institute, p. 399-409.
Suwanapal, Anant, 1986, An overview of potash development in Thailand, in Workshop on Occurrence, Exploration and Development of Fertilizer Minerals, Fertilizer minerals in Asia and the Pacific: Bangkok, Thailand, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), Mineral concentrations and hydrocarbon accumulations in the ESCAP region, v. 1, p. 243-254.