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Malagash

halokinetic potash-bearing salt in Canada

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Geologic information

CountryCanada
Location:-63.3542, 45.7943
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Site typearea
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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Minerals
Potassium minerals:
Other minerals:
Notes:Past salt mine.
Geologic map unit-63.3542, 45.7943
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Production
StatusNone
Estimates of reserves or resources
Ore tonnage80 provMillion tonnes
K2O tonnage3.9 provMillion tonnes
Grade of K2O4.9% of ore
Data sourceCanada Department of Energy, Mines, and Resources (1984)

Reference information

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.
British Sulphur Corporation Limited, 1979, World survey of potash resources (3d ed.): London, British Sulphur Corporation Limited, 138 p.
Canada Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, 1984, Canadian mineral deposits not being mined in 1983: Canada Department of Energy, Mines and Resources Mineral Bulletin 198, 308 p.