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Wanon Niwat

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

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CountryThailand
Location:103.75, 17.6333
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Site typemineral occurrence
Deposit typemixed stratabound potash-bearing salt and halokinetic potash-bearing salt
Evaporite basinSakon Nakhon
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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Geologic map unit103.75, 17.6333
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Thickness4.3m
Depth438.8-488.1m
Average grade19.8-40.4% K2O
Production
StatusNone

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References

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., 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.