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St. Fintans

halokinetic potash-bearing salt in Canada

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CountryCanada
Location:-58.8584, 48.195
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Site typemineral occurrence
Deposit typehalokinetic potash-bearing salt
Evaporite basinMaritimes
Basin typeintracratonic basin
Geologic unitCodroy Group-Robinsons River Fm
Age
Paleozoic
Carboniferous-Mississippian
Middle Mississippian
Visean
Minimum:Paleozoic-Carboniferous-Mississippian-Middle Mississippian-Visean
Maximum:Paleozoic-Carboniferous-Mississippian-Middle Mississippian-Visean
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Notes:Highest K was 6.61 percent over 0.76 ft.
Geologic map unit-58.8584, 48.195
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References

Foster, S.J., and Halabura, S.P., 2008, Preliminary assessment study of potash resource prospectivity, Universal Uranium exploration licenses, Bay St. Georges Subbasin, western Newfoundland, prepared for Mr. Bill Galine, Universal Uranium Ltd.: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, North Rim Exploration Ltd., 35 p.
Knight, Ian, 1983, Geology of the Carboniferous Bay St. George Subbasin, western Newfoundland: Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Mines and Energy, Mineral Development Division, Memoir 1, 358 p., scale 1:125,000. (Map also available at http://www.nr.gov.nl.ca/mines&en/geosurvey/maps/nl/html_nf/images/Map82-001.pdf.)Newfoundland and Labrador Geological Survey, 2008, Mineral Occurrence Data System (MODS): Newfoundland and Labrador Geological Survey database accessed December 14, 2008, at http://gis.geosurv.gov.nl.ca/mods/.