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Macintyre Lake

halokinetic potash-bearing salt in Canada

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CountryCanada
Location:-61.2803, 45.6664
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Site typemineral occurrence
Deposit typehalokinetic potash-bearing salt
Evaporite basinMaritimes
Basin typeintracratonic basin
Geologic unitWindsor Group
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:Potash seams are <30 cm in thickness.
Geologic map unit-61.2803, 45.6664
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References

Boehner, R.C., comp., 1984, Salt and potash resources of Nova Scotia: Nova Scotia Department of Mines and Energy Map 83-3, scale 1:500,000.
Boehner, R.C., and Giles, P.S., 1986, Geological map of the Sydney Basin, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia [11K/01, 11K/08 and 11J/04][1:50 000]: Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources, scale 1:50,000.
Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources, 2008, Mineral Occurrence Database (MODB): Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources database accessed December 14, 2008, at http://www.gov.ns.ca/natr/meb/links/modblinks.asp.