Reston, Va.—The Central Asia Salt Basin of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Afghanistan has the potential to contain between 39 and 54 billion metric tons of undiscovered potash resources, according to a global mineral resource assessment led by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Known potash resources in the Central Asia Salt Basin consist of 1.63 billion metric tons, according to USGS. It says the basin hosts significant discovered potash resources and originated in an inland sea during the Late Jurassic period. For more information see www.usgs.gov and the abstract Geology and undiscovered resource assessment of the potash-bearing Central Asia Salt Basin, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Afghanistan: Chapter AA in Global mineral resource assessment.
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