Mine detail: Zhacang Caka

Previously called 'Caka = Lake'

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Location: Xizang* (Tibet), China, Asia
Lat / long: 32.41531, 82.25031
dep_id: 10055381
mrds_id: RL10059
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Boron-Borates, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Magnesite, Halite, Potassium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Gypsum, Halite, Inyoite, Ulexite
orebody_fm: STRATIFORM
conc_proc: Evaporation
ore_ctrl: Major Crustal Fault Associated With Salt Lake
Reporter: R.P. Langford
hrock_type: Evaporite
arock_type: Clay, Mud
Structure: Rift
tectonic: Tibetan Plateau
References:
  • SUN, D. & LI, B., 1993, ORIGIN OF BORATES IN SALINE LAKES OF CHINA. IN KAKIHANA, H. AND OTHERS (EDS) - SEVENTH SYMPOSIUM ON SALT. ELSEVIER, AMSTERDAM, VOL 1, 177-194
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