Pasquasia

Producer in Sicilia, Italy with commodity Potassium

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Ownership information
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10084858
MRDS ID	W700074
Record type	Site
Current site name	Pasquasia

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	14.16844, 37.33235 (WGS84)
Relative position	IN ENNA AREA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sicilia(province)

Italy(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country	State
Italy	Sicilia

Comments on the location information

LATITUDE-LONGITUDE IS FOR THE TOWN OF ENNA.

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Potassium	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Carnallite	Ore
Sylvanite	Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1)	14.16844, 37.33235	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Producer
Commodity type	Non-metallic
Significant	No

Ownership information

Type Owner

Owner Industri Sali Potassi E Affini Spa.

Type	Owner
Owner	Industri Sali Potassi E Affini Spa.

Comments on the production information

ANNUAL PRODUCTION OF 1,000,000 TONNES OF KAINITE FROM WHICH 180,000 TONNES OF POTASH SULFATE IS PRODUCED.

Comments on the workings information

3 SHAFTS.

Comments on development

SYLVANITE AND CARNALLITE WERE ONLY MINED DURING THE FIRST FEW YEARS OF ACTIVITY AND POTASSIUM CHLORIDE WAS PRODUCED.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W700074

Bibliographic references

Deposit

WATSON, IAN, 1980, THE INDUSTRIAL MINERALS OF ITALY: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 148, P. 17-45.
Deposit

MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 61.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-JAN-1988	Orris, Greta J.	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.