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Salt deposits, Súria, Bages, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spaini
Regional Level Types
Salt depositsGroup of Deposits
SúriaMunicipality
BagesCounty
BarcelonaProvince
CataloniaAutonomous Community
SpainGroup of Countries

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View of the Suria salt mining area, in 1923.

Salt deposits, Súria, Bages, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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View of the Suria salt mining area, in 1923.

Salt deposits, Súria, Bages, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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View of the Suria salt mining area, in 1923.

Salt deposits, Súria, Bages, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
07741270017057108789896.jpg
View of the Suria salt mining area, in 1923.

Salt deposits, Súria, Bages, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
03692540017057108811447.jpg
View of the Suria salt mining area, in 1923.

Salt deposits, Súria, Bages, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
09026910017057108822467.jpg
View of the Suria salt mining area, in 1923.

Salt deposits, Súria, Bages, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
07741270017057108789896.jpg
View of the Suria salt mining area, in 1923.

Salt deposits, Súria, Bages, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
03692540017057108811447.jpg
View of the Suria salt mining area, in 1923.

Salt deposits, Súria, Bages, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
41° 49' 41'' North , 1° 46' 0'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Group of Deposits
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Súria6,230 (2010)1.5km
Balsareny3,233 (2012)9.6km
Sant Joan de Vilatorrada10,779 (2010)9.7km
Sallent7,107 (2012)10.6km
Fonollosa1,239 (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.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 3 - Halides
Halite3.AA.20NaCl
Sylvite3.AA.20KCl
Carnallite3.BA.10KMgCl3 · 6H2O
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
Anhydrite7.AD.30CaSO4
Gypsum7.CD.40CaSO4 · 2H2O

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H CarnalliteKMgCl3 · 6H2O
H GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
OOxygen
O AnhydriteCaSO4
O CarnalliteKMgCl3 · 6H2O
O GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
NaSodium
Na HaliteNaCl
MgMagnesium
Mg CarnalliteKMgCl3 · 6H2O
SSulfur
S AnhydriteCaSO4
S GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
ClChlorine
Cl CarnalliteKMgCl3 · 6H2O
Cl HaliteNaCl
Cl SylviteKCl
KPotassium
K CarnalliteKMgCl3 · 6H2O
K SylviteKCl
CaCalcium
Ca AnhydriteCaSO4
Ca GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O

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