Mine detail: Qarhan Salt Plain

Previously called 'Chaerhan BasinChaerhan Dry LakeQarhan BasinChaerhan Lake'

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Location: Qinghai [Tsinghai], China, Asia
Lat / long: 37.99829, 94.99994
dep_id: 60000488
mrds_id: I001030
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Potassium, Sodium Sulfate, Boron-Borates
Minor mineral: Lithium
Trace mineral: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Halite
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: LACUSTRINE BRINE
Development status: Prospect
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:: ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., 1993, THE ECONOMICS OF BORON 1993, 7TH ED.: LONDON, ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., 156 P.
  • 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:: 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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