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Lake Macleod

evaporite in Australia

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CountryAustralia
Location:113.6429, -24.2207
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Site typearea
Deposit typeevaporite
Evaporite basinMcLeod
Basin typesabkha
Geologic unitTexada Halite
Age
Cenozoic
Quaternary
Holocene
Minimum:Cenozoic-Quaternary-Holocene
Maximum:Cenozoic-Quaternary-Holocene
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Geologic map unit113.6429, -24.2207
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Comments

Salt is produced from brines at this sabkha.

References

Handford, C.R., 1991, Marginal marine halite; Sabkhas and salinas, in Melvin, J.L., ed., Evaporites, petroleum and mineral resources: New York, Elsevier, p. 1-66.
Logan, B.W., 1987, The MacLeod evaporite basin, western Australia: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Memoir 44, 140 p.
Sheldrick, W.F., and Stier, H., 1978, World potash survey: Washington, D.C., The World Bank Staff Working Paper 293, 66 p.