Rhodes Marsh

potash-bearing brine in United States of America

Geologic information

CountryUnited States of America
Location:-118.0747, 38.2869
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Site typemineral occurrence
Deposit typepotash-bearing brine
Evaporite basinRhodes
Basin typecontinental closed basin
Age
Cenozoic
Quaternary
Minimum:Cenozoic-Quaternary
Maximum:Cenozoic-Quaternary
Commodities
Minerals
Potassium minerals:
Other minerals:
Lithology
Geologic map unit-118.0747, 38.2869
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Economic information

Production
StatusNone

Reference information

Comments

Playa sediments and evaporites.

References

Archbold, N.L., 1966, Industrial mineral deposits of Mineral County, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Report 14, 32 p.
Papke, K.G., 1976, Evaporites and brines in Nevada playas: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Bulletin 87, 35 p.