Commodities
PrimarySodium, Potassium
Commodity typeN
Materials
Other materialsAnhydrite, Calcite, Carnallite, Halite, Sylvite
Economic & production
Development statusPlant
First production1930
Discovery year1824
Identification
Deposit ID10257207
Alternate namesVerkhne Kamsk, Alt. Spell of Berezniki/Bereznyaki, Berezhniki Mines, Verkhnekamsk, Berezniki 3, Berezniki 1, Berezniki 2, Berezniki 4
RegionEU
Data scoreC
Coordinates59.39793, 56.76836
References
GRUNDSTEDT, H. G. SOVIETS TRIPLE POTASH OUTPUT; SOLIGORSKMINES LEAD EXPANSION. WORLD MINING, DECEMBER 1967, PP.24-27.SUTULOV, A. MINERAL RESOURCES AND THE ECONOMY OF THE USSR.MCGRAW-HILL, INC., NEW YORK, 1973, PP. 170-174.U. S. BUREAU OF MINES. THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF THE U.S.S.R.IN MINERALS YEARBOOK, V. I. 1973, P. 897.INDUSTRIAL MINERALS. POTASH--INDUSTRY RESHAPED IN GOVERN-MENT HANDS. FEBRUARY 1977, PP. 15, 23-26.WORLD SURVEY OF POTASH RESOURCES, 4TH EDITION, 1984, THEBRITISH SULPHUR CORPORATION LIMITED, PP. 81-87.ROSKILL, THE ECONOMICS OF POTASH 1989, 2 EDITION, PP. 54-58.