mixed stratabound potash-bearing salt and halokinetic potash-bearing salt in Uzbekistan
| Country | Uzbekistan | ||||
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| Location: | 66.3757, 38.0563 | ||||
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| Site type | mine | ||||
| Deposit type | mixed stratabound potash-bearing salt and halokinetic potash-bearing salt | ||||
| Evaporite basin | Central Asia Salt Basin | ||||
| Basin type | intracratonic basin | ||||
| Geologic unit | Gaurdak Fm | ||||
| Age | Mesozoic Jurassic Upper Jurassic Kimmeridgian-Tithonian
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| Minerals | Potassium minerals: Other minerals: | ||||
| Notes: | Tyubegatan brachyanticline; 6 main potash horizons out of 22 total, but only one sylvite bed identified. | ||||
| Geologic map unit | 66.3757, 38.0563 | ||||
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| Depth | 60-450m |
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| Average grade | 12.6-31.6 (1 bed)% K2O |
| Production | |
| Status | Active Production (2010) |
| Company | Uzkhimprom |
| First year | 2010(?) |
| Estimates of reserves or resources | |
| Ore tonnage | 400.2Million tonnes |
| K2O tonnage | 89.6Million tonnes |
| Grade of K2O | 22.4% of ore |
| Data source | Uzbekistan Daily (2006) |
In Tadshikistan Valley on border with Turkmenistan; reserves are termed "total industrial stocks".