Table 2 Location, coordinates, altitude, and description of salt samples taken in the Qaidam Basin (see Fig. 2)
From: From freshwater inflows to salt lakes and salt deposits in the Qaidam Basin, W China
Sample | Northing | Easting | Altitude (m a.s.l.) | Name of location (see Table 1) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
QD 2a | 375,705.35 | 914,737.84 | 2920 | Within QD 2 | Fine-grained, white crystals |
QD 4a | 375,430.52 | 914,955.72 | 2925 | Within QD 4 | Coarse-grained, white, cubic crystals |
QD 5a | 383,624.10 | 911,416.76 | 2713 | Within QD 5 | Very fine-grained, clumpy, white material |
QD 5b | 383,449.02 | 911,749.74 | 2711 | 2nd pool, close to QD 5 | Coarse-grained, white, transparent, cubic crystals |
QD 5c | 383,449.02 | 911,749.74 | 2711 | 2nd pool, close to QD 5 | Rigid, firm, dense, fine-grained material with white and light-brown layers |
QD 5d | 383,624.10 | 911,416.76 | 2713 | Within QD 5 | Coarse-grained, clumpy, white material |
QD 6a | 383,007.90 | 913,414.85 | 2746 | Within QD 6 | Fine-grained, light-orange crystals with larger, transparent, cubic crystals |
QD 6b | 383,007.90 | 913,414.85 | 2746 | Within QD 6 | Fine-grained, light-orange crystals with larger, transparent, cubic crystals |
QD 7a | 382,845.26 | 913,719.17 | 2761 | At edge of QD 6 | Very fine-grained, white, transparent material |
QD 7b | 382,900.54 | 913,718.72 | 2764 | Near QD 6, in Dalangtan playa | Rigid, firm, dense, coarse-grained material. Crystals: white, transparent |
QD 8 | 375,135.32 | 914,422.60 | 2920 | Near mine in Mangnai | Crystals light-yellow, transparent, thick-flaky gypsum crystals |
QD 12a | 380,756.05 | 905,603.46 | 2859 | Within QD 12 | Fine-grained, white cubic crystals |
QD 13a | 381,314.82 | 904,943.53 | 2901 | Rim of QD 13 | Ochre material at mud-dome, on top small transparent, ochre flakes |
QD 14 | 381,408.62 | 905,145.47 | 2949 | Near lake Gas Hure Hu | Heaped up 'salt', clumpy, hard, white partly yellowish coarse-grained |
QD 16 | 373,210.39 | 935,824.85 | 2696 | Near lake Dong Taijnar Hu | Lithiumcarbonat production firm, sample stalky, clear |
QD 17a | 373,207.23 | 935,624.89 | 2689 | Rim of QD 17 | White, clumpy, hard porous material |
QD 17b | 373,207.23 | 935,624.89 | 2689 | Rim of QD 17 | Yellow-brownish hard material |
QD 18a | 372,727.49 | 940,331.84 | 2694 | Within QD 18 | Coarse-grained, white, cubic crystals |
QD 19a | 372,024.45 | 944,412.16 | 2707 | Within QD 19 | Large, cubic, clear crystals |
QD 26a | 375,606.41 | 952,249.91 | 3661 | Near QD 26 | White powder sinter |
QD 29a | 375,154.65 | 951,531.68 | 3153 | Within lake QD 29 | At bottom of QD 29 coarse-grained, white crystals, few yellowish crystals |
QD 29b | 375,210.99 | 951,553.93 | 3157 | Near QD 29, 'salt for sale' | Agglutinated, former coarse-grained, white material, porous like sponge |