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Assessment of potash potential in the Holbrook Basin, eastern Arizona, USA

dc.contributor.authorRauzi, S.L.
dc.contributor.authorSpencer, J.E.
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-10T02:44:25Z
dc.date.available2018-11-10T02:44:25Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.citationRauzi, S.L. and Spencer, J.E., 2015, Assessment of potash potential in the Holbrook Basin, eastern Arizona, USA, in, Conway, F.M., ed., Proceedings of the 48th Annual Forum on the Geology of Industrial Minerals, Phoenix, Arizona, April 30 - May 4, 2012. Arizona Geological Survey Special Paper #9, Chapter 9, 2 appendices, p. 1-10.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/630733
dc.descriptionHistoric drilling data in the Holbrook basin of east-central Arizona indicate a potash resource of 0.68 to 2.5 billion metric tons. The potash, located many hundreds of feet underground, is present near the top of extensive bedded salt deposits of Permian age. Some of this potash underlies Petrified Forest National Park (PFNP). Solution mining would be expected to recover about 30% of the resource while conventional underground mining could recover about 70%, in part because some minerals of the deposit are not readily soluble. Initial estimates of total recoverable resources range from 0.21 to 1.75 billion metric tons, assuming the entire deposit is available for development. The potash deposit is deep enough that conventional underground or solution mining would have little or no effect on the surface except for the presence of the mining facilities themselves.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherArizona Geological Survey (Tucson, AZ)
dc.relation.ispartofseriesSpecial Paper #9 Chapter 9
dc.relation.urlhttp://repository.azgs.az.gov/uri_gin/azgs/dlio/1672
dc.rightsArizona Geological Survey. All rights reserved.
dc.subjectArizona Geological Survey Special Paper
dc.subjectPermian
dc.subjectHolbrook
dc.subjectNavajo County
dc.subjectApache County
dc.subjectHolbrook Basin
dc.subjectsylvite
dc.subjectsalt
dc.subjectSupai Formation
dc.subjectminerals
dc.subjectFGIM
dc.subjectindustrial mineral
dc.subjectpotash
dc.subjectPennsylvanian
dc.subjectColorado Plateau
dc.subjectsabkha
dc.subjectevaporite
dc.titleAssessment of potash potential in the Holbrook Basin, eastern Arizona, USA
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