Summer Lake Eastern Playa

potash-bearing brine in United States of America

Geologic information

CountryUnited States of America
Location:-120.6833, 42.8333
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Site typemineral occurrence
Deposit typepotash-bearing brine
Evaporite basinSummer Lake
Basin typecontinental closed basin
Age
Cenozoic
Quaternary
Minimum:Cenozoic-Quaternary
Maximum:Cenozoic-Quaternary
Commodities
Minerals
Potassium minerals:
Lithology
Geologic map unit-120.6833, 42.8333
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Economic information

Production
StatusNone

Reference information

References

Peters, T.J., Kostick, D.S., and Diggles, M.F., 1995, Brine and mineral occurrence in the Diablo Mountain study area, Oregon, and its possible significance to Pacific Rim Trade, in Tabilio, Marialena, and Dupras, D.L., eds., 29th forum on the geology of industrial minerals, Long Beach, Calif., April 25-30, 1993, Proceedings: California Division of Mines and Geology Special Publication 110, p. 223-240.