Country | United States of America | ||||
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Location: | -103.8852, 32.3501 | ||||
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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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Notes: | 2 ore bodies; sylvite is from the Tenth Ore Zone. | ||||
Geologic map unit | -103.8852, 32.3501 | ||||
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Depth | lang: 328; syl: 274m |
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Production | |
Status | Active Production (2008) |
First year | 1964 |
Estimates of reserves or resources | |
Ore tonnage | 28.85 recMillion tonnes |
Grade of K2O | 6.9-9% of ore |
Data source | British Sulphur (1984) |
22 miles E of Carlsbad.