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stratabound potash-bearing salt in United States of America

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Geologic information

CountryUnited States of America
Location:-84.2167, 43.6229
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Site typemine
Deposit typestratabound potash-bearing salt
Evaporite basinMichigan
Basin typeintracratonic basin
Geologic unitSalina Group-A-1 Salt
Age
Paleozoic
Silurian
Ludlow-Pridoli
Minimum:Paleozoic-Silurian-Pridoli
Maximum:Paleozoic-Silurian-Ludlow
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Other minerals:
Notes:Sylvite is 28 m thick at this location.
Geologic map unit-84.2167, 43.6229
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Economic information

Thickness28m
Depth2460-2510m
Average grade4% K2O
Production
StatusPast Production
Last year1970(?)

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Comments

0.5-40 percent K2O.

References

British Sulphur Corporation Limited, 1975, World survey of potash resources (2d ed.): London, British Sulphur Corporation Limited, 148 p.
British Sulphur Corporation Limited, 1979, World survey of potash resources (3d ed.): London, British Sulphur Corporation Limited, 138 p.
British Sulphur Corporation Limited, 1984, World survey of potash resources (4th ed.): London, British Sulphur Corporation Limited, 145 p.
Elowski, R.C., 1980, Potassium salts (potash) of the Salina A-1 Evaporite in the Michigan Basin: Michigan Geological Survey Division Report of Investigation 25, 14 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.