The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau has rich salt lake resources,especially the boron resources in salt lakes,as the most promising localities of born deposits in China.The boron resources of salt lakes in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau are divided into two types,i.e.,the solid type and the liquid type,and the amount of liquid boron resource is predominant,however,the mostly utilized are the solid boron resources.The boron deposits in salt lakes of different subtypes have different mineral combinations,with various types of solid boron ore.At present,fourteen borate minerals have been found in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau,and the solid boron ore can be divided into five types:the borax type;the Mg-borax-ulexite type;the pinnoite-kurnakovite type;the kurnakovite type;the uelxite-pinnoite type.China is rich in boron resources,but the exploitable boron resources are rather limited,with an imbalance between the supply and the demand.The exploitation and the utilization of the boron deposits of salt lakes in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau have important scientific and practical significance.

Qinghai-Tibet Plateau  /  salt lake  /  boron deposits