Salt deposits, Súria, Bages, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spaini
Regional Level Types | |
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Salt deposits | Group of Deposits |
Súria | Municipality |
Bages | County |
Barcelona | Province |
Catalonia | Autonomous Community |
Spain | Group of Countries |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
41° 49' 41'' North , 1° 46' 0'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Group of Deposits
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Súria | 6,230 (2010) | 1.5km |
Balsareny | 3,233 (2012) | 9.6km |
Sant Joan de Vilatorrada | 10,779 (2010) | 9.7km |
Sallent | 7,107 (2012) | 10.6km |
Fonollosa | 1,239 (2012) | 10.9km |
Mindat Locality ID:
263160
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:263160:1
GUID (UUID V4):
133ebca9-6a88-461e-bd6e-bea6c532b729
Name(s) in local language(s):
Depósitos salinos, Suria (Súria), Bages, Barcelona, Cataluña, España
Salt deposits from Upper Eocene age, located in the extensive "Cuenca Potasica Catalana" (Catalonian Potassic Basin). Unlike those in Cardona and Sallent-Balsareny, the evaporite layers are inclined, according to an anticlinal structure. They were exploited for halite since the second third of the nineteenth century. Potassium salts were discovered in 1911, and have been mainly exploited for these since this date. Thus, in 1956 were exploited around 470,000 tons of potassium salts a year. Halite is currently exploited as a "byproduct" of the potash mining, yielding about 200,000 tons a year, mainly used for road maintenance in winter.
Owned by Iberpotash, a subsidiary of the Israeli company Israel Chemicals Ltd.
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5 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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ⓘ Anhydrite Formula: CaSO4 |
ⓘ Carnallite Formula: KMgCl3 · 6H2O |
ⓘ Gypsum Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O |
ⓘ Halite Formula: NaCl |
ⓘ Sylvite Formula: KCl |
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 3 - Halides | |||
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ⓘ | Halite | 3.AA.20 | NaCl |
ⓘ | Sylvite | 3.AA.20 | KCl |
ⓘ | Carnallite | 3.BA.10 | KMgCl3 · 6H2O |
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
ⓘ | Anhydrite | 7.AD.30 | CaSO4 |
ⓘ | Gypsum | 7.CD.40 | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
List of minerals for each chemical element
H | Hydrogen | |
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H | ⓘ Carnallite | KMgCl3 · 6H2O |
H | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Anhydrite | CaSO4 |
O | ⓘ Carnallite | KMgCl3 · 6H2O |
O | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
Na | Sodium | |
Na | ⓘ Halite | NaCl |
Mg | Magnesium | |
Mg | ⓘ Carnallite | KMgCl3 · 6H2O |
S | Sulfur | |
S | ⓘ Anhydrite | CaSO4 |
S | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
Cl | Chlorine | |
Cl | ⓘ Carnallite | KMgCl3 · 6H2O |
Cl | ⓘ Halite | NaCl |
Cl | ⓘ Sylvite | KCl |
K | Potassium | |
K | ⓘ Carnallite | KMgCl3 · 6H2O |
K | ⓘ Sylvite | KCl |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | ⓘ Anhydrite | CaSO4 |
Ca | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate
- West Austerian Leonese ZoneOrogenic Belt
EuropeContinent
Iberian PeninsulaPeninsula
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Salt deposits, Súria, Bages, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain