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Balsareny - Sallet Mines

Producer in Spain with commodities Potassium, Halite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023457
MRDS ID I000440
Record type Site
Current site name Balsareny - Sallet Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 1.83526, 41.91574 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 20 KM N OF MANRESA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Spain(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Spain

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Potassium Primary
Halite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnallite Ore
Sylvanite Ore
Halite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) 1.83526, 41.91574
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Folding.

Ore body information

  • Dip 5NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Explosivos Rio Tinto Sa

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1982
    Measured 650000000mt ore
    Indicated 51000000000mt ore
    Inferred 51000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Potassium K2o 15.6 wt-pct Potassium Major 1982

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKED BY PARALLEL GALLERIES WITH CONTINUOUS CUTTER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VAZQUEZ, GUZMAN, F., 1989, SPAIN, IN DUNNING, F.W., GARRARD, P., HASLAM, H.W., AND IXER, R.A., EDS., MINERAL DEPOSITS OF EUROPE, VOLUME 4/5: SOUTHWEST AND EASTERN EUROPE, WITH ICELAND: LONDON, THE INSTITUTION OF MINING AND METALLURGY AND THE MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY, P. 105-196

  • Production

    VAZQUEZ GUZMAN, 1989.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 BEDS OF SYLVANITE SEPARATED BY 1 BED OF HALITE. THE SEQUENCE IS ONLY SLIGHTLY FOLDED AND DIPS 5 DEG. TO THE NE. THE ROOF IS FORMED OF CARNALLITE, THE FLOOR OF HALITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1991 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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