Commodities
PrimaryPotassium
Commodity typeN
Materials
Other materialsAnhydrite, Carnallite, Dolomite, Gypsum, Halite, Sylvite
Economic & production
Development statusPlant
First production1963
Discovery year1940
Identification
Deposit ID10158134
Alternate namesSoligorsk, Soligorsk Mining Region/Area, Starobin/Soligorsk Deposit, Soligorsk #1, Soligorsk #2, Soligorsk #3, Soligorsk #4, Nezhin Nizhin Deposit
RegionEU
Data scoreC
Coordinates52.79842, 27.53546
References
INDUSTRIAL MINERALS. POTASH--INDUSTRY RESHAPED IN GOVERN-MENT HANDS. FEBRUARY 1977, PP. 15, 23-26, 28-29.MINING JOURNAL. SOVIET PROJECTS ADVANCE. OCTOBER 21, 1977,P. 336.GRUNDSTEDT, H. G. SOVIETS TRIPLE POTASH OUTPUT; SOLIGORSKMINES LEAD EXPANSION. WORLD MINING, DECEMBER 1967, PP.24-27.U. S. BUREAU OF MINES. THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF THE U.S.S.R.IN MINERALS YEARBOOK, V. I, 1973, P. 897.SUTULOV, A. MINERAL RESOURCES AND THE ECONOMY OF THE USSR.MCGRAW-HILL, INC., NEW YORK, 1973, PP. 170-174.WORLD SURVEY OF POTASH RESOURCES, THE BRITISH SULPHUR CORP.LTD, 1984 4TH ED. PP76-81.SOVIET UNION, THE POTASH INDUSTRY OF BYELORUSSIA - SURVIVINGHARD TIMES; PHOSPHORUS AND POTASSIUM #174, JULY-AUGUST,1991, THE BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD.