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Qinghai Lake (Lake Koko Nor), Hainan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai (Chinghai) Province, China

Latitude: 36°53'N
Longitude: 100°9'E
The largest salt lake in China. It straddles the border between Hainan and Haibei Prefectures, with a larger part on the territory of the former. Most of the salt reserves are contained in the lake water, but there are also minor deposits of solid salts on the lake shores.

References

- Dapeng Sun, Bingxiao Li, Yuahua Ma, and Qunzhu Lin (2002): An Investigation on Evaporating Experiments for Qinghai Lake Water, China. Journal of Salt Lake Research 10(4), 1-12.
- Yanling Tang (2005): Non-metallic deposits of Xinjiang, China [Zhongguo Xinjiang Fei Jinshu Kuangchuang]. Geological Publishing House (Beijing), 289 pp. (in Chinese)

Mineral List

Bischofite
Blödite
Carnallite
Epsomite
Halite
Hydromagnesite
Mirabilite
Nesquehonite
Picromerite
Sylvite
Thenardite


11 entries listed. 11 valid minerals.

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