Mine detail: Dabusun Lake

Previously called 'Dabuxum Lake'

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Location: Qinghai [Tsinghai], China, Asia
Lat / long: 36.91501, 95.24993
dep_id: 10023640
mrds_id: I001021
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Bromine, Halite, Gypsum-Anhydrite
Minor mineral: Potassium
Trace mineral: Boron-Borates
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Brine, Calcite, Carnallite, Gypsum, Halite
Reporter: Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Orris, Greta J.)
hrock_type: Clastic Sedimentary Rock,Evaporite
References:
  • Deposit:: LOWENSTEIN, T.K., SPENCER, R.J., AND PENGXI, AHANG, 1989, ORIGIN OF ANCIENT POTASH EVAPORITES: CLUES FROM THE MODERN NONMARINE QAIDAM BASIN OF WESTERN CHINA: SCIENCE, V. 245, P. 1090-1092.
  • Deposit:: LOWENSTEIN, T.K., SPENCER, R.J., YANG, WENBO, CASAS, ENRIQUE, ZHANG, PENGXI, ZHANG, BAOZHEN, FAN, HAIBO, KROUSE, H.R., 1994, MAJOR-ELEMENT AND STABLE-ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY OF FLUID INCLUSIONS IN HALITE, QAIDAM BASIN, WESTERN CHINA: IMPLICATIONS FOR LATE PLEISTOCENE/HOLOCENE BRINE EVOLUTION AND PALEOCLIMATES, IN ROSEN, M.R., ED., PALEOCLIMATE AND BASIN EVOLUTION OF PLAYA SYSTEMS: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA SPECIAL PAPER 289, P. 19-32.
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