Beehive Butte

halokinetic potash-bearing salt in United States of America

Geologic information

CountryUnited States of America
Location:-109.8294, 38.5525
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Site typemineral occurrence
Deposit typehalokinetic potash-bearing salt
Evaporite basinParadox
Basin typeintracratonic basin
Geologic unitHermosa Fm-Paradox Mbr
Age
Paleozoic
Carboniferous-Pennsylvanian
Middle Pennsylvanian
Moscovian
Minimum:Paleozoic-Carboniferous-Pennsylvanian-Middle Pennsylvanian-Moscovian
Maximum:Paleozoic-Carboniferous-Pennsylvanian-Middle Pennsylvanian-Moscovian
Commodities
Minerals
Potassium minerals:
Other minerals:
Lithology
Geologic map unit-109.8294, 38.5525
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Economic information

Production
StatusNone

Reference information

References

Hite, R.J., 1977, Subsurface geology of a potential waste emplacement site, Salt Valley anticline, Grand County, Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report OF 77-0761, 25 p.
Hite, R.J., and Lohman, S.W., 1973, Geologic appraisal of Paradox basin salt deposits for waste emplacement: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report OF 73-114, 75 p.