Country | United States of America | ||||
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Location: | -103.9386, 32.4847 | ||||
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Site type | mine | ||||
Deposit type | stratabound potash-bearing salt | ||||
Evaporite basin | Permian | ||||
Basin type | intracratonic basin | ||||
Geologic unit | Salado Fm | ||||
Age | Paleozoic Permian Lopingian Wuchiapingian-Changhsingian
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Minerals | Potassium minerals: Other minerals: | ||||
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Geologic map unit | -103.9386, 32.4847 | ||||
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Production | |
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Status | Active Production (2008) |
Company | Intrepid (2008) |
Estimates of reserves or resources | |
Ore tonnage | 179.6 provMillion tonnes |
K2O tonnage | 19.8 provMillion tonnes |
Grade of K2O | 11% of ore |
Data source | British Sulphur (1984) |
This is possibly the largest mineable potash reserve in the United States.