Progress in the investigation of potash resources in western China

Mian-ping Zheng; Xian-hua Hou; Yong-sheng Zhang; En-yuan Xing; Hong-pu Li; Hong-wei Yin; Chang-qing Yu; Ning-jun Wang; Xiao-lin Deng; Zhao Wei; Zhong-ying Miao; Jia-ai Zhong; Fan Wang; Fu Fan; Xue-fei Zhang; Xu-ben Wang; Tu-qiang Liu; Wei-gang Kong

doi:10.31035/cg2018046

2018 Vol. 1, No. 3

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Mian-ping Zheng, Xian-hua Hou, Yong-sheng Zhang, En-yuan Xing, Hong-pu Li, Hong-wei Yin, Chang-qing Yu, Ning-jun Wang, Xiao-lin Deng, Zhao Wei, Zhong-ying Miao, Jia-ai Zhong, Fan Wang, Fu Fan, Xue-fei Zhang, Xu-ben Wang, Tu-qiang Liu, Wei-gang Kong, 2018. Progress in the investigation of potash resources in western China, China Geology, 1, 392-401. doi: 10.31035/cg2018046

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Progress in the investigation of potash resources in western China

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MNR Key Laboratory of Saline Lake Resources and Environments, Institute of Mineral Resources, CAGS, Beijing 100037, China
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Qaidam Integrated Geological Exploration Institute of Qinghai Province, Golmud 816000, China
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School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing 100037, China
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Dazhou Heng Cheng Energy (Group) CO., LTD. Dazhou 635000, China
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Institute of Geology of China Chemical Geology and Mine Bureau, Zhuozhou 072754, China
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Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, China
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Sichuan Geological Survey, Chengdu 610081, China

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Corresponding authors: zhengmp2010@126.com (Mian-ping Zheng); zys_601@126.com (Yongsheng Zhang)

Received Date: 15 January 2018

Revised Date: 15 May 2018

Accepted Date: 15 July 2018

Available Online: 15 July 2018

Publish Date: 25 November 2018

Abstract

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Through the study of the geological conditions of potash deposits in China from recent years, a new understanding of potash theories has arisen that appropriate Chinese geological features. Important progress and substantial breakthroughs have been gained in the direction and management of potash prospecting: (1) Important breakthroughs in continental potassium prospecting: The "Quaternary gravel type deep potassium rich brine metallogenic model in western Qaidam" ensures Quaternary deep potassium rich brine prospecting will grow new KCl resources by 350 Mt, providing a resource guarantee for meeting the Chinese demand for sylvite. (2) The Marine facies potash prospecting shows good prospects: the determination of the new type of Triassic polyhalite potash ore deposits in Sichuan provide an important scientific basis for the establishment of exploration planning and the selection of exploration target areas for polyhalite minerals in the Sichuan Basin; The "two-storey potash deposits model" in southwestern Yunnan has been confirmed, which indicates prospects for the exploration of potash in the deeper Marine facies in southwestern Yunnan are likely to be successful. The discovery of a high concentration of rich bromite salt and potash salt in the Paleogene of the Kuqa depression and the southwestern Tarim region provides strong support for the likelihood large-scale potash deposits exist in these regions.

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