mixed stratabound potash-bearing salt and halokinetic potash-bearing salt in Turkmenistan
| Country | Turkmenistan | ||||
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| Location: | 66.2261, 37.8999 | ||||
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| Site type | lease/concession/permit area | ||||
| Deposit type | mixed stratabound potash-bearing salt and halokinetic potash-bearing salt | ||||
| Evaporite basin | Central Asia Salt Basin | ||||
| Basin type | intracratonic basin | ||||
| Geologic unit | Gaurdak Fm | ||||
| Salt structure | Gaurdak | ||||
| Age | Mesozoic Jurassic Upper Jurassic Kimmeridgian-Tithonian
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| Minerals | Potassium minerals: Other minerals: | ||||
| Notes: | On Gaurdak brachyanticline; lenses of sylvite, carnallite, and anhydrite in rock salt with interlayers of clay, anhydrite and carbonate. | ||||
| Geologic map unit | 66.2261, 37.8999 | ||||
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| Thickness | 5-50m |
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| Depth | 85-250m |
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| Status | None |