Spring Lake and other small Amadeus Basin playas

potash-bearing brine in Australia

Geologic information

CountryAustralia
Location:131.9236, -25.2819
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Site typearea
Deposit typepotash-bearing brine
Evaporite basinnot determined
Basin typecontinental closed basin
Age
Cenozoic
Quaternary
Pleistocene(?)-Holocene
Minimum:Cenozoic-Quaternary-Holocene
Maximum:Cenozoic-Quaternary-Pleistocene(?)
Commodities
Minerals
Potassium minerals:
Other minerals:
Geologic map unit131.9236, -25.2819
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Economic information

Production
StatusNone

Reference information

Comments

Numerous small playas.

References

Jankowski, J., and Jacobson, G., 1989, Hydrochemical evolution of regional groundwaters to playa brines in central Australia: Journal of Hydrology, v. 108, p. 123-173.
Warren, J., 1999, Evaporites; Their evolution and economics: Malden, Mass., Blackwell Science, 438 p.