Part 1. LITHIUM
GEOLOGY
Brine Deposits
Clayton Valley (Silver Peak), Nevada
Salar de Atacama, Chile
Salar de Hombre Muerto, Argentina
Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia
Searles Lake, California
Potential Deposits (Great Salt Lake, Utah;
Salton Sea Geothermal Brine, California;
Dead Sea, Israel and Jordan; Chinese Dry
Lakes; Oil Field Waters; Others)
Ore Deposits; Origin of Lithium Pegmatites
Commercial Lithium Minerals (Spodumene, Petalite, Lepidolite, Amblygonite, Eucryptite)
Gwalia Consolidated Ltd. (Greenbushes),Western Australia
Bikita Minerals, Zimbabwe
Tantalum Mining Corp., Bernic Lake, Manitoba, Canada
North Carolina Tin-Spodumene Belt, Chemetall FMC
Smaller United States Deposits
Other Deposits (Canada, Brazil, Zaire, Namibia, China, Finland, Russia, Others)
High-Lithium Clays (Hectorite); Other Rocks
PROCESSING
History of the Lithium Industry
Brine Processing, Solar Ponds
Clayton Valley (Silver Peak), Nevada; Chemetall
Salar de Atacama, Chile; Chemetall
Salar de Atacama, Chile; SQM
Salar de Hombre Muerto, Argentina; FMC
Searles Lake, California; American Potash & Chemical Co. Chinese Lakes
Various Proposed Processing Methods (Liquid Extraction, Alumina Adsorption, Others)
Ore Processing
Greenbushes, Australia; Gwalia
Bernic Lake, Canada; Tanco
Zimbabwe; Bikita Minerals
South Carolina; Chemetall (Foote)
South Carolina; FMC (Lithium Corp.)
American Lithium Chem.; Bikita Lepidolite
Quebec Lithium Corp.
Other Operations (Black Hills, South Dakota;
Yichun, China; Brazil; Namibia)
Various Proposed Processes
Lithium Chemica1s
TOXICOLOGY
USES
G1ass
Ceramics
Aluminum
Batteries
Grease
Other Uses (Metal, Air Conditioning, Organic Compounds, Miscellaneous)
INDUSTRY STATISTICS
CHEMISTRY, PHASE DATA, PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
REFERENCES
Part 2. NATURAL CALCIUM CHLORIDE
GEOLOGY
Calcium Chloride Dolomitization Brine
Michigan, USA
Various Other Dolomitization Brines
Calcium Chloride in Oil and Gas Field Brines
Calcium Chloride in Geothermal Brines
Deep Sea Vents
Red Sea Brines
Inland Geothermal Brines
Miscellaneous Springs
Salton Sea Geothermal Brine
Calcium Chloride Lakes
The Dead Sea, Israel and Jordan
Bristol and Cadiz Dry Lakes, California
Lake Giulietti, Dallol Salt Pan, Lake Asal
Qarhan Lake, China; Kazakhstan Lakes
Lake Vanda and the Don Juan Pond, Antarctica
Calcium Chloride Groundwater
Calcium Chloride Minerals: Tachyhydrite Deposits
Sergipe, Brazil
Congo
Thailand
Other Tachyhydrite Occurrences
Calcium Chloride Brine in Mineral Deposits
Reaction of Calcium Chloride with Minerals
Clay Minerals
Soils
PROCESSING
Michigan Dolomitization Brines
Bristol and Cadiz Lakes
General Processing Technology
USES OF CALCIUM CHLORIDE
Deicing
Dust Control, Soil Compaction
Concrete, Oil and Gas
Ballasting
Food Processing, Industrial
Drying
Miscellaneous
TOXICOLOGY AND SAFETY
PRODUCTION STATISTICS
PHASE DATA AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
Phase Data
Physical Properties
REFERENCES