The most prominent Mongolian deposit of this type is the Khukh Del deposit situated in the middle of the Gobi Desert, about 550 km southwest of Ulaanbaatar. The deposit is hosted in a basin (Tugrug Valley) filled by middle–upper Jurassic clastic sediments including siltstones and clays. The deposit is 6 km long and 5 km wide. The ore horizon, which is ~1.1 m thick, is clay-bearing siltstone containing reserves of 37.7 thousand tons of ore with 0.153 wt.% Li.

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ⓘ Lithium

Rock Types Recorded

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ⓘ Clay

ⓘ Siltstone

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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality

Amur PlateTectonic Plate

AsiaContinent

Gobi DesertDesert

Eurasian Plate

Lake ZoneAccretionary Complex

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References

Dostal, Jaroslav, Gerel, Ochir (2024) Characteristics of Lithium Deposits in Mongolia. Minerals, 14 (10). doi:10.3390/min14100960

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