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halokinetic potash-bearing salt Potash resource, 9 of 22 in Egypt country (in Africa)
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| Country | Egypt | ||||
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| Location: | 32.9154, 28.7246 | ||||
| Geography: | (click for info) | ||||
| Site type | drill hole | ||||
| Deposit type | halokinetic potash-bearing salt | ||||
| Evaporite basin | Red Sea | ||||
| Basin type | marine rift basin | ||||
| Geologic unit | Zeit Fm and (or) South Gharib Fm | ||||
| Age | Cenozoic Neogene Miocene
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| Minerals | Potassium minerals: Other minerals: | ||||
| Lithology | |||||
| Notes: | Sylvite and polyhalite are present in the top salt of the younger Zeit Fm; lower South Gharib Fm contains a number of thick halite beds with significant potash intervals in the 5th and lower salt units; sylvinite and langbeinite are the primary minerals. | ||||
| Geologic map unit | 32.9154, 28.7246 | ||||
| Nearby scientific data | Find additional scientific data near this location |
| Average grade | 27.6 (South Gharib Fm)% K2O |
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| Production | |
| Status | None |
| Comments | Located offshore in the Red Sea. |
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| References | Hassan, Fekri, and El-Dashlouty, Sayed, 1970, Miocene evaporites of the Gulf of Suez region and their significance: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 54, no. 9, p. 1686-1696. Hite, R.J., and Wassef, A.S., 1983, Potential potash deposits in the Gulf of Suez, Egypt: Annals of the Geological Survey of Egypt, v. 13, p. 39-54. |