Lake Baskunchak, Akhtubinsky District, Astrakhan Oblast, Russiai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Lake Baskunchak | Saline Lake |
| Akhtubinsky District | Raion |
| Astrakhan Oblast | Oblast |
| Russia | Country |
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Озеро Баскунчак, Ахтубинский район, Астраханская область, Россия
It is a salt lake of ca. 115 km², whose surface elevation is 21 m below sea level. The salinity of the lake is about 300 g/l. Since the 8th century its salt (halite) was mined and traded along the Silk Road.
To the south of the lake, Mount Bolshoye Bogdo rises to 152.5 m above sea level, forming the highest elevation in the Caspian Depression. The hill is pushed up about 1 mm per year by a salt dome. The hill is characterised by the presence of shinkholes and karst caves.
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2 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Gypsum Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O Reference: Nikitinsky, Ya.Ya. [Никитинский, Я.Я.] (1876) The lake-deposited salt of the Astrakhan Governorate [О самосадочной соли Астраханской губерний]. University Typography (Katkov) [Университетская типография (Катков)], Moscow, 143 pp. (in Russian); Kurilenko, V.V., and Zelenkovsky P.S. [Куриленко В.В., Зеленковский П.С. ] (2008) The mineral salt deposit of Lake Baskunchak: geology, peculiarities of the modern depositional conditions, mechanisms of the environment and subsoil use [Месторождение минеральных солей озера Баскунчак: геология, особенности современного осадконакопления, механизмы природо- и недропользования]. Vestnik of St. Petersburg State University [Вестник Санкт-Петербургского университета], series [серия] 7, 3, 17-32 (in Russian). |
| ⓘ Halite Formula: NaCl Reference: Nikitinsky, Ya.Ya. [Никитинский, Я.Я.] (1876) The lake-deposited salt of the Astrakhan Governorate [О самосадочной соли Астраханской губерний]. University Typography (Katkov) [Университетская типография (Катков)], Moscow, 143 pp. (in Russian); Rebinder, B. [Peбиндер, Б.] (1923) Geological observations at Lake Baskunchak [Геологические наблюдения у озера Баскунчак]. Zapiski Rossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva [Записки Российского Минералогического Общества], 51, 1, 313-335 (in Russian); Kurilenko, V.V., and Zelenkovsky P.S. [Куриленко В.В., Зеленковский П.С. ] (2008) The mineral salt deposit of Lake Baskunchak: geology, peculiarities of the modern depositional conditions, mechanisms of the environment and subsoil use [Месторождение минеральных солей озера Баскунчак: геология, особенности современного осадконакопления, механизмы природо- и недропользования]. Vestnik of St. Petersburg State University [Вестник Санкт-Петербургского университета], series [серия] 7, 3, 17-32 (in Russian). |
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 3 - Halides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Halite | 3.AA.20 | NaCl |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Gypsum | 7.CD.40 | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| Na | Sodium | |
| Na | ⓘ Halite | NaCl |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| Cl | Chlorine | |
| Cl | ⓘ Halite | NaCl |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
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Year (asc) Year (desc) Author (A-Z) Author (Z-A)Nikitinsky, Ya.Ya. [Никитинский, Я.Я.] (1876) The lake-deposited salt of the Astrakhan Governorate [О самосадочной соли Астраханской губерний]. University Typography (Katkov) [Университетская типография (Катков)], Moscow, 143 pp. (in Russian).
Rebinder, B. [Peбиндер, Б.] (1923) Geological observations at Lake Baskunchak [Геологические наблюдения у озера Баскунчак]. Zapiski Rossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva [Записки Российского Минералогического Общества], 51, 1, 313-335 (in Russian).
Kurilenko, V.V., and Zelenkovsky P.S. [Куриленко В.В., Зеленковский П.С. ] (2008) The mineral salt deposit of Lake Baskunchak: geology, peculiarities of the modern depositional conditions, mechanisms of the environment and subsoil use [Месторождение минеральных солей озера Баскунчак: геология, особенности современного осадконакопления, механизмы природо- и недропользования]. Vestnik of St. Petersburg State University [Вестник Санкт-Петербургского университета], series [серия] 7, 3, 17-32 (in Russian).
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| Wikipedia: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Baskunchak |
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| Wikidata ID: | Q810395 |
| GeoNames ID: | 578801 |
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