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| Title | Bromine in the Salado Formation, Carlsbad potash district, New Mexico |
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| Report | Bulletin |
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| Authors | Adams, Samuel S. | Author |
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| Year | 1969 |
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| Issue | < 93 > |
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| Publisher | New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources | Place | Socorro, NM |
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| Download URL | https://geoinfo.nmt.edu/publications/monographs/bulletins/downloads/93/B93.pdf |
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| DOI | doi:10.58799/b-93Search in ResearchGate |
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| Mindat Ref. ID | 17309145 | Long-form Identifier | mindat:1:5:17309145:8 |
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| Full Reference | Adams, Samuel S. (1969) Bromine in the Salado Formation, Carlsbad potash district, New Mexico. Bulletin 93. New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources doi:10.58799/b-93 |
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| Plain Text | Adams, Samuel S. (1969) Bromine in the Salado Formation, Carlsbad potash district, New Mexico. Bulletin 93. New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources doi:10.58799/b-93 |
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| In | Mineral Resources Survey of New Mexico - Bulletin |
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| Abstract/Notes | The bromine content of halite and sylvite in the Salado Formation was investigated in drill cores and underground workings of the International Minerals and Chemical Corporation mine in the Carlsbad potash district, southeast New Mexico. The bromine content of halite ranges from 25 to 105 parts per million (0.0025 to 0.0105 weight per cent). This low concentration, in the presence of sylvite, suggests that much of the Salado Formation is second cycle. Changes in the bromine content of halite across stratigraphic boundaries correlate with changes in mineralogy and lithology. This is interpreted as evidence that these features formed during deposition and the bromine content of the halite has not changed substantially since deposition.The bromine contents of halite and sylvite in the first ore zone, the principal potash bed in the district, suggest that the initial precipitation of a halite-sylvite assemblage was succeeded by the precipitation of halitecarnallite. Carnallite replaced some of the sylvite but was subsequently converted to sylvite during early diagenesis.The bromine content of halite aids in identifying salt horses in drill cores. Bromine distributions are also of value in regional exploration. Most geochemical processes indicated on the basis of bromine concentrations in halite and sylvite are supported by independent mineralogic, stratigraphic, and textural criteria. |
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