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halokinetic potash-bearing salt Potash resource, 11 of 15 in Romania country (in Europe)
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| Country | Romania | ||||
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| Location: | 26.4374, 46.8353 | ||||
| Geography: | (click for info) | ||||
| Site type | area | ||||
| Deposit type | halokinetic potash-bearing salt | ||||
| Evaporite basin | Carpathian | ||||
| Basin type | foreland basin | ||||
| Geologic unit | Vorotyshcha Fm | ||||
| Age | Cenozoic Neogene Miocene
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| Commodities | |||||
| Minerals | Potassium minerals: Other minerals: | ||||
| Lithology | |||||
| Geologic map unit | 26.4374, 46.8353 | ||||
| Nearby scientific data | Find additional scientific data near this location |
| Average grade | 7.3% K2O |
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| Production | |
| Status | Not Determined |
| Estimates of reserves or resources | |
| Ore tonnage | 5.6 tot geolMillion tonnes |
| K2O tonnage | 0.4 tot geolMillion tonnes |
| Grade of K2O | 7% of ore |
| Data source | Stoica and Gherasie (1981) |
| Comments | Geologic reserves to a depth of 1,000 m. |
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| References | Stoica, Coriolan, and Gherasie, Ion, 1981, Sarea si sarurile de potasiu si magneziu din România [Salt and salts of potassium and magnesium in Romania]: Bucharest, Editura Tehnica, 248 p. [In Romanian.] |