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


mindat Locality ID: 135426
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-135426.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Qarhan Salt Lake (Chaerhan Salt Lake), Golmud Co. (Ge'ermu Co.), Haixi, Qinghai, China": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Dabieletan Salt Lake
Dabsan Salt Lake (Dabuxun Salt Lake)
Xiaobieletan Salt Lake
Xuanbuxun Salt Lake

Latitude: 37°1'11"N
Longitude: 94°44'41"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.019722222222,94.744722222222
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 B Ba C Ca Cl H K Mg Na O S Si Sr 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteCarnalliteClayEpsomiteGypsumHexahydriteKaoliniteLangbeinite
MicaNoneNot in a structural groupPicromeriteQuartzRhabdophaneRocksaltSmectite-vermiculiteSyngenite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Antarcticite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bassanite  (*)
Bischofite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carnallite  (*)Celestine  (*)Epsomite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)Hexahydrite  (*)Hydrohalite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Koenenite  (*)Langbeinite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Mirabilite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Picromerite  (*)Polyhalite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sylvite  (*)
Syngenite  (*)Ulexite  (*)
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)1424311588
Antarcticite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaCl2·6H2O011
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bassanite  (*)RhabdophaneCa(SO4)·0.5H2O14243182
Bischofite  (*)NoneMgCl2·6H2O242431,4243242
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14243127770
Carnallite  (*)CarnalliteKMgCl3·6H2O342431,42432,42434132
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)01252
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O0484
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1424316890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl242431,424321398
Hexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteMg(SO4)·6H2O0251
Hydrohalite  (*)NoneNaCl·2H2O14243217
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Koenenite  (*)NoneNa4Mg9Al4Cl12(OH)22012
Langbeinite  (*)LangbeiniteK2Mg2(SO4)3043
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)01487
Mirabilite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)·10H2O0223
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O342431,42432,424331508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2342431,42432,4243317380
Picromerite  (*)PicromeriteK2Mg(SO4)2·6H2O044
Polyhalite  (*)NoneK2Ca2Mg(SO4)4·2H2O142431102
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2342431,42432,4243361156
Sylvite  (*)RocksaltKCl242431,42432275
Syngenite  (*)SyngeniteK2Ca(SO4)2·H2O044
Ulexite  (*)NoneNaCaB5O6(OH)6·5H2O0160


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