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Salton Trough

potash-bearing brine in United States of America

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CountryUnited States of America
Location:-115.605, 33.1418
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Site typearea
Deposit typepotash-bearing brine
Evaporite basinSalton Trough
Basin typecontinental rift basin
Age
Cenozoic
Paleogene-Neogene
Minimum:Cenozoic-Neogene
Maximum:Cenozoic-Paleogene
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Geologic map unit-115.605, 33.1418
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References

British Sulphur Corporation Limited, 1975, World survey of potash resources (2d ed.): London, British Sulphur Corporation Limited, 148 p.
U.S. Geological Survey, 2008, Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS): U.S. Geological Survey database accessed November 2008, at http://tin.er.usgs.gov/mrds/.