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Locality Name:
Da Qaidam Salt Lake (Dachaidan Salt Lake), Da Qaidam Co. (Dachaidan Co.), Haixi, Qinghai, China


mindat Locality ID: 157217
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157217.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Da Qaidam Salt Lake (Dachaidan Salt Lake), Da Qaidam Co. (Dachaidan Co.), Haixi, Qinghai, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°49'55"N
Longitude: 95°15'16"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.831944444444,95.254444444444
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 C Ca Cl F H K Mg Na O S Si 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BlöditeCalciteClayEpsomiteGypsumHexahydriteMicaNoneNorthupitePicromerite
QuartzRocksaltSmectite-vermiculite

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Bischofite  (*)Blödite  (*)Borax  (*)Calcite  (*)Carboborite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Epsomite  (*)Glauberite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)
Hexahydrite  (*)Hungchaoite  (*)Hydroboracite  (*)Hydroglauberite  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)
Inderite  (*)Kurnakovite  (*)Mcallisterite  (*)Mirabilite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Northupite  (*)Picromerite  (*)Pinnoite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Thénardite  (*)Thermonatrite  (*)Tincalconite  (*)Uklonskovite  (*)Ulexite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bischofite  (*)NoneMgCl2·6H2O042
Blödite  (*)BlöditeNa2Mg(SO4)2·4H2O0130
Borax  (*)NoneNa2B4O5(OH)4·8H2O076
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Carboborite  (*)NoneCa2Mg[B(OH)4]2(CO3)2·4H2O06
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O0484
Glauberite  (*)NoneNa2Ca(SO4)20137
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl01398
Hexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteMg(SO4)·6H2O0251
Hungchaoite  (*)NoneMgB4O5(OH)4·7H2O06
Hydroboracite  (*)NoneCaMg[B3O4(OH)3]2·3H2O042
Hydroglauberite  (*)NoneNa10Ca3(SO4)8·6H2O016
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O0341
Inderite  (*)NoneMgB3O3(OH)5·5H2O013
Kurnakovite  (*)NoneMgB3O3(OH)5·5H2O015
Mcallisterite  (*)NoneMg2[B6O7(OH)6]2·9H2O09
Mirabilite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)·10H2O0223
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O01508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Northupite  (*)NorthupiteNa3Mg(CO3)2Cl031
Picromerite  (*)PicromeriteK2Mg(SO4)2·6H2O044
Pinnoite  (*)NoneMgB2O(OH)6013
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Thénardite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)0299
Thermonatrite  (*)NoneNa2(CO3)·H2O064
Tincalconite  (*)NoneNa2B4O5(OH)4·3H2O029
Uklonskovite  (*)NoneNaMg(SO4)F·2H2O07
Ulexite  (*)NoneNaCaB5O6(OH)6·5H2O0160


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