Khon Kaen

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

Geologic information

CountryThailand
Location:102.826, 16.428
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Site typemineral occurrence
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
Commodities
Minerals
Potassium minerals:
Other minerals:
Lithology
Notes:On salt anticline.
Geologic map unit102.826, 16.428
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Economic information

Thickness1.4-8.6m
Depth132.6-139.2m
Average grade9.3-24.0% K2O
Production
StatusNone

Reference information

Comments

Sylvinite resource is too small for profitable development.

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.