Morshin

halokinetic potash-bearing salt in Ukraine

Geologic information

CountryUkraine
Location:23.9504, 49.1818
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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
Other minerals:
Lithology
Geologic map unit23.9504, 49.1818
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Economic information

Production
StatusPast Production(?)

Reference information

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.