Searles Lake

Sedimentary mineral deposit in California, United States containing lithium, potash, sodium carbonate, boron

Geologic information

Country United States
State or province California
Geographic location: -118.4, 35.777
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Commodity
Type details Lacustrine evaporite deposit
Deposit model Li-rich playa brine (35b.13)
Geologic map unit -118.4, 35.777
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Reference information

Citations British Sulphur Corporation (1985); Russell (1988); Roskill Information Services (1989)
References
British Sulphur Corporation Limited, 1985, World survey of potash resources: London, The British Sulphur Corporation Limited, 144 p.
Russell, Alison, 1988, Potash- Long haul recovery under way: Industrial Minerals, no. 244, p. 16-34.
Roskill Information Services, 1989, The economics of potash: London, England, 205 p. Safonov, Ju, G., 1997, Hydrothermal gold-ore deposits: Distribution, geological and genetical types, and productivity of ore-forming systems: Geology of Ore Deposits, v. 39, no. 1, p. 25-40 (in Russian).