U.S. Geological Survey

Industrial Mineral Deposit Models--
Descriptive Models for three Lacustrine Deposit Types

By G.J. Orris

U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 92-0593

Version 1.0



This publication presents the descriptive models for the industrial minerals borates, gypsum and halite. The models are presented in the format and classification system used in Cox and Singer (1986) and modified by Orris and Bliss (1991).

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