Xiaochaidan

potash-bearing brine in China

Geologic information

CountryChina
Location:95.5, 37.17
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Site typearea
Deposit typepotash-bearing brine
Evaporite basinQinghai
Basin typecontinental closed basin
Age
Cenozoic
Quaternary
Pleistocene-Holocene
Upper Pleistocene-[recent]
Minimum:Cenozoic-Quaternary-Holocene
Maximum:Cenozoic-Quaternary-Pleistocene-Upper Pleistocene
Commodities
Minerals
Potassium minerals:
Geologic map unit95.5, 37.17
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Economic information

Production
StatusNot Determined

Reference information

References

Yu, G., Harrison, S.P., and Xue, B., 2001, Lake status records from China; Data base documentation: Max-Planck-Institut fur Biogeochemie Technical Report 4, 243 p.