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Locality Name:
Dabieletan Salt Lake, Qarhan Salt Lake (Chaerhan Salt Lake), Golmud Co. (Ge'ermu Co.), Haixi, Qinghai, China


mindat Locality ID: 255348
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-255348.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dabieletan Salt Lake, Qarhan Salt Lake (Chaerhan Salt Lake), Golmud Co. (Ge'ermu Co.), Haixi, Qinghai, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 36°58'33"N
Longitude: 94°29'3"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.975833333333,94.484166666667
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al C Ca Cl H K Mg Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cl H K Mg Na O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteCarnalliteClayGypsumMicaNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzRhabdophaneRocksalt
Smectite-vermiculite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Bassanite  (*)Bischofite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carnallite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Polyhalite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sylvite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)01588
Bassanite  (*)RhabdophaneCa(SO4)·0.5H2O082
Bischofite  (*)NoneMgCl2·6H2O042
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Carnallite  (*)CarnalliteKMgCl3·6H2O0132
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl01398
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O01508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Polyhalite  (*)NoneK2Ca2Mg(SO4)4·2H2O0102
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Sylvite  (*)RocksaltKCl0275


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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