Holyn

halokinetic potash-bearing salt in Ukraine

Geologic information

CountryUkraine
Location:24.2414, 49.0308
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Site typemine
Deposit typehalokinetic potash-bearing salt
Evaporite basinCarpathian
Basin typeforeland basin
Geologic unitTyras Fm
Age
Cenozoic
Neogene
Miocene
Minimum:Cenozoic-Neogene-Miocene
Maximum:Cenozoic-Neogene-Miocene
Commodities
Minerals
Potassium minerals:
Other minerals:
Lithology
Notes:Sulfate deposit; generally 4 horizons, 10-60 m apart.
Geologic map unit24.2414, 49.0308
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Economic information

Depth200-300m
Average grade10-12% K2O
Production
StatusActive Production

Reference information

Comments

Deposit is deformed.

References

British Sulphur Corporation Limited, 1979, World survey of potash resources (3d ed.): London, British Sulphur Corporation Limited, 138 p.
Hryniv, S.P., Dolishniy, B.V., Khmelevska, O.V., Poberezhskyy, A.V., and Vovnyuk, S.V., 2007, Evaporites of Ukraine; A review, in Schreiber, B.C., Lugli, S., and Babel, M., eds., Evaporites through space and time: London, Geological Society Special Publication 285, p. 309-334.
Hryniv, S., Parafiniuk, J., and Peryt, T.M., 2007, Sulphur isotopic composition of K-Mg sulphates of the Miocene evaporites of the Carpathian Foredeep, Ukraine, in Schreiber, B.C., Lugli, S., and Babel, M., eds., Evaporites through space and time: London, Geological Society Special Publication 285, p. 265-273.
Troitsky, Vladimir; Petrov, Igor; and Grishaev, Sergey, 1998, Industrial minerals of the CIS: Worcester Park, England, Industrial Minerals Information Ltd., 135 p.