Mine detail: Qaidam Basin

Previously called 'Iksaydam LakeChaerhan (Qarhan) LakeChaka Lake'

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Location: Qinghai [Tsinghai], China, Asia
Lat / long: 37.49831, 94.99994
dep_id: 60000465
mrds_id: I000522
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Boron-Borates, Potassium, Halite
Minor mineral: Sodium Sulfate
Trace mineral: Clay
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: LACUSTRINE EVAPORITE, BRINE
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
conc_proc: ARID CLIMATE.
ore_ctrl: CLOSED BASIN, ARID CLIMATE
References:
  • Deposit:: PHILLIPS, F.M., ZREDA, M.G., KU, TEH-LUNG, LUO, SHANGDE, HUANG, QI, ELMORE, DAVID, KUBIK, P.W., SHARMA, PANKAJ, 1993, 230 TH/234 U AND 36 CL DATING OF EVAPORITE DEPOSITS FROM THE WESTERN QAIDAM BASIN, CHINA: IMPLICATIONS FOR GLACIAL-PERIOD DUST EXPORT FROM CENTRAL ASIA: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN, V. 105, P. 1606-1616.
  • 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:: HARBEN, P.W., AND BATES, R.L., 1990, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS GEOLOGY AND WORLD DEPOSITS: LONDON, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS DIVISION METAL BULLETIN PLC, 312 P.
  • Deposit:: LYDAY, P.A., 1992, HISTORY OF BORON PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 303, P. 19-37.
  • 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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