Stebnik

halokinetic potash-bearing salt in Ukraine

Geologic information

CountryUkraine
Location:23.5595, 49.3121
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Site typegrouped mines/occurrences
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
Notes:Sulfate deposit.
Geologic map unit23.5595, 49.3121
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Economic information

Production
StatusActive Production(?)

Reference information

Comments

Deposit is deformed.

References

Garrett, D.E., 1996, Potash; Deposits, processing, properties and uses: New York, Chapman and Hall, 734 p.
British Sulphur Corporation Limited, 1979, World survey of potash resources (3d ed.): London, British Sulphur Corporation Limited, 138 p.
Cendon, D.I., Peryt, T.M., Ayora, C., Pueyo, J.J., and Taberner, C., 2004, The importance of recycling processes in the Middle Miocene Badenian evaporite basin (Carpathian Foredeep); Palaeoenvironmental implications: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, and Palaeoecology, v. 212, p. 141-158.
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.
Peryt, T.M., and Kovalevich, V.M., 1997, Association of redeposited salt breccias and potash evaporites in the Lower Miocene of Stebnyk (Carpathian Foredeep, West Ukraine): Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 67, no. 913-922.
Troitsky, Vladimir; Petrov, Igor; and Grishaev, Sergey, 1998, Industrial minerals of the CIS: Worcester Park, England, Industrial Minerals Information Ltd., 135 p.
Williams-Stroud, S.C., Searls, J.P., and Hite, R.J., 1994, Potash resources, in Carr, D.D., ed., Industrial minerals and rocks: Littleton, Colo., Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration, p. 783-802.