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halokinetic potash-bearing salt in Ukraine

Geologic information

CountryUkraine
Location:24.4668, 48.6436
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Site typearea
Deposit typehalokinetic potash-bearing salt
Evaporite basinCarpathian
Basin typeforeland basin
Geologic unitVorotyshcha Fm
Age
Cenozoic
Neogene
Miocene
Minimum:Cenozoic-Neogene-Miocene
Maximum:Cenozoic-Neogene-Miocene
Commodities
Minerals
Potassium minerals:
Other minerals:
Lithology
Geologic map unit24.4668, 48.6436
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Economic information

Production
StatusNone (2007)
Estimates of reserves or resources
Ore tonnage1000Million tonnes
Data sourceLand and Plant Nutrition Management Service (2005)

Reference information

References

Garrett, D.E., 1996, Potash; Deposits, processing, properties and uses: New York, Chapman and Hall, 734 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.
Land and Plant Nutrition Management Service, 2005, Fertilizer use by crop in Ukraine: Rome, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 56 p.