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Salt Valley Anticline

halokinetic potash-bearing salt in United States of America

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Geologic information

CountryUnited States of America
Location:-109.8361, 38.9217
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Site typestructure
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
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Geologic map unit-109.8361, 38.9217
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Production
StatusNone
Estimates of reserves or resources
Ore tonnage962Million tonnes
K2O tonnage173Million tonnes
Grade of K2O18% of ore
Data sourceHite and Lohman (1973)

Reference information

References

Hite, R.J., 1976, A potential target for potash solution mining in cycle 13, Paradox Member, near Moab, Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report OF 76-755, 5 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.