Karshi

stratabound potash-bearing salt in Uzbekistan

Geologic information

CountryUzbekistan
Location:65.8, 38.8667
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Site typemineral occurrence
Deposit typestratabound potash-bearing salt
Evaporite basinCentral Asia Salt Basin
Basin typeintracratonic basin
Geologic unitGaurdak Fm
Age
Mesozoic
Jurassic
Upper Jurassic
Kimmeridgian-Tithonian
Minimum:Mesozoic-Jurassic-Upper Jurassic-Tithonian
Maximum:Mesozoic-Jurassic-Upper Jurassic-Kimmeridgian
Commodities
Minerals
Potassium minerals:
Other minerals:
Geologic map unit65.8, 38.8667
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Economic information

Average grade16% K2O
Production
StatusNone

Reference information

References

Lefond, S.J., 1969, Handbook of world salt resources: New York, Plenum Press, 384 p.
Roskill Information Services Ltd., 1989, The economics of potash (2d ed.): London, Roskill Information Services Ltd., 121 p.
Schultz, Heinz; Bauer, Gunter; Schachl, Erich; Hagedorn, Fritz; and Schmittinger, Peter, 2000, Potassium compounds, in Ullmann’s Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry: New York, Wiley-VCH, accessed November 22, 2009, at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/14356007.a22_039/full.