Mine detail: Zhabuye Salt Lake

Previously called 'Zabuye-Caka Lakes'

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Location: Xizang* (Tibet), China, Asia
Lat / long: 31.99867, 84.00027
dep_id: 10100775
mrds_id: RL10013
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Boron-Borates, Sodium, Potassium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Borax, Gypsum, Halite
orebody_fm: STRATIFORM
conc_proc: Evaporation
Reporter: R.P. Langford
hrock_type: Evaporite
arock_type: Clay, Mud
Structure: Rift
tectonic: Internal Drainage Basin
References:
  • GUANGHUA LUI, REPORT TO BHP MINERALS, 199
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