Naxxar #2 borehole, Naxxar, Northern Region, Maltai
Regional Level Types | |
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Naxxar #2 borehole | Borehole |
Naxxar | Local Council |
Northern Region | Region |
Malta | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
35° 55' 18'' North , 14° 27' 16'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Hal Gharghur | 2,025 (2014) | 0.4km |
Naxxar | 10,378 (2012) | 1.3km |
L-Iklin | 3,360 (2013) | 1.9km |
Sprachcaffe | 750 (2014) | 2.1km |
Pembroke | 3,038 (2013) | 2.2km |
10,000-foot deep land borehole drilled by British Petroleum/D’Arcy Oil Exploration Company in 1958. Cretaceous and Eocene dolomite and dolomitized limestone.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Dolomite Formula: CaMg(CO3)2 Reference: www.geocities.com/RainForest/3096/mineral.html (in the Globigerina limestone strata) |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
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ⓘ | Dolomite | 5.AB.10 | CaMg(CO3)2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
C | Carbon | |
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C | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
Mg | Magnesium | |
Mg | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
References
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Year (asc) Year (desc) Author (A-Z) Author (Z-A)Gatt, P. (2014) Field Guide to the Cenozoic platform carbonates and salt tectonics of the Maltese Islands. Shallow Anomalies Workshop, Indications of prospective petroleum systems? 23-26th November 2014, Malta.
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