Roi-Et

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

Geologic information

CountryThailand
Location:103.82, 16.03
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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
Geologic map unit103.82, 16.03
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Economic information

Thickness2.4m
Depth532m
Average grade9.7% K2O
Production
StatusNone

Reference information

References

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.