Salt deposits, Sallent, Bages, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spaini
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Salt deposits | Group of Deposits |
| Sallent | - not defined - |
| Bages | County |
| Barcelona | Province |
| Catalonia | Autonomous Community |
| Spain | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
41° 48' 39'' North , 1° 53' 35'' East
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Mina de Sallent, Sallent, el Bages, Barcelona, Catalunya
Salt deposits from Upper Eocene age, located in the extensive "Conca Potàssica Catalana" (Catalonian Potassic Basin). Unlike those in Cardona and Suria, the evaporite layers are subhorizontal, with few deformations since deposition. The Sallent-Balsareny area was exploited later than others in the Basin. Potassium salts were mined from 1929 onward. Thus, in 1950´s years were exploited around 250.000 tons of potasium salts a year. Halite is currently exploited as a "byproduct" of the potash mining, and is mainly used for road maintenance in winter.
Since 1972 the mining works between Sallent and Balsareny are unified.
Other mining areas in the Basin are:
- Suria: http://www.mindat.org/loc-263160.html
- Cardona: http://www.mindat.org/loc-55717.html
- Balsareny: http://www.mindat.org/loc-217611.html
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsMineral List
6 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Anhydrite Formula: CaSO4 |
| ⓘ Carnallite Formula: KMgCl3 · 6H2O |
| ⓘ Gypsum Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| ⓘ Halite Formula: NaCl |
| ⓘ Kaliborite Formula: KMg2H[B6O8(OH)5]2(H2O)4 |
| ⓘ Sylvite Formula: KCl |
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 3 - Halides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Halite | 3.AA.20 | NaCl |
| ⓘ | Sylvite | 3.AA.20 | KCl |
| ⓘ | Carnallite | 3.BA.10 | KMgCl3 · 6H2O |
| Group 6 - Borates | |||
| ⓘ | Kaliborite | 6.FB.10 | KMg2H[B6O8(OH)5]2(H2O)4 |
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Carnallite | KMgCl3 · 6H2O |
| H | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| H | ⓘ Kaliborite | KMg2H[B6O8(OH)5]2(H2O)4 |
| B | Boron | |
| B | ⓘ Kaliborite | KMg2H[B6O8(OH)5]2(H2O)4 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Anhydrite | CaSO4 |
| O | ⓘ Carnallite | KMgCl3 · 6H2O |
| O | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| O | ⓘ Kaliborite | KMg2H[B6O8(OH)5]2(H2O)4 |
| Na | Sodium | |
| Na | ⓘ Halite | NaCl |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | ⓘ Carnallite | KMgCl3 · 6H2O |
| Mg | ⓘ Kaliborite | KMg2H[B6O8(OH)5]2(H2O)4 |
| 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 | ⓘ Kaliborite | KMg2H[B6O8(OH)5]2(H2O)4 |
| 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, Sallent, Bages, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain