Mineral equilibria in a six-component seawater system,Na-K-Mg-Ca-SO4-Cl-H2O,at 25°C

Phase relations in the 6-component system Na-K-Mg-Ca-SO₄-Cl-H₂O have been calculated for halite saturation, 25°C and 1 atm pressure. Using a Jänecke projection with the apices Ca-Mg-K₂-SO₄, 27 stable invariant points have been located which are connected by 69 univariant curves. Polyhalite is the only quaternary solid, but anhydrite occupies the bulk of the interior tetrahedral space. Consequently, 24 of the invariant points lie very close to the Ca-free base, Mg-K₂-SO₄. The remaining three points involve tachyhydrite and/or antarcticite. All points but two (20,27) represent peritectic conditions. Metastable equilibria have been calculated for the Ca-free system and yield relations corresponding to the solar diagram.Seawater lies in the subspace anhydrite-halite-carnallite-kieserite-bischofite (point 20) and its evaporation has been discussed for conditions of equilibrium and fractional crystallization. After gypsum is converted to anhydrite, halite precipitates. The next phase, under equilibrium conditions, is glauberite, crystallizing at the expense of anhydrite. Continued evaporation leads to glauberite resorption and eventual replacement by polyhalite. Then follow the magnesium sulfates epsomite, hexahydrite and kieserite, which are joined by carnallite. Polyhalite is replaced by anhydrite and bischoflte is added at the final invariant condition. Kainite does not appear as a primary phase under equilibrium conditions, but it is an important phase during fractional crystallization, where Ca-phases are not allowed to back-react with the brine.Up to the appearance of glauberite, thickness ratios of halite: anhydrite couplets (equilibrium or fractionation) can vary from 0 to 7, the relative amount of halite increasing with more intense evaporation. During evaporation, the activity of H₂O decreases from 0.98 (seawater) to 0.34 (final invariant brine). The data provided can be used to evaluate the effects of mineral precipitation, evaporation and brine mixing for a wide variety of natural brines.     

Sediment characteristics and mineralogy of salt mounds linked to underground spring activity in the Lop Nor playa,Western China

Salt mounds are commonly distributed along playa margins and typically comprise alternating layers of loose fine sand and slightly hard halite-rich sediments as a result of long-term underground spring activity. A model of salt mound development was constructed for this study. It suggests that wind-blown sand supply and upward recharge of underground springs are two important factors in salt mound construction. Furthermore, it proposes that salt mound height is mainly controlled by the vertical transport range of underground springs and the thickness of the capillary fringe. A 1.5 m representative profile dug from the center of salt mound LP1 in the Lop Nor playa revealed a fairly complicated mineral assemblage including halite, gypsum, anhydrite, glauberite, epsomite, anhydrite, calcite, bischofite, polyhalite, schoenite, kieserite and carnallite. This matches closely with the assemblage predicted by the EQL/EVP model. The groundwater in the area is highly concentrated brine rich in Cl⁻ and Na⁺ and poor in Ca²⁺, displaying low alkalinity, and containing considerable amounts of SO₄²⁻, Mg²⁺ and K⁺. Chemical analysis of groundwater revealed considerable variation in the salinity and chemical composition of groundwater over time. The Cs-137 technique was used to measure the accumulated ages of the salt mounds. This method may prove useful in the research of relatively young playa environments where carbon dating techniques are unworkable because of an absence of carbon-rich materials in recent saline sediments.     

川东盆地长寿地区三叠系杂卤石的发现及其成因研究

笔者先后2次对川东盆地盐矿实地考察,并系统采集了样品。水溶化学分析结果表明,长寿地区T1j4-2地层中岩盐w(K+)较高,最高可达3.25%,明显高于其他盐矿点(合川盐矿、云阳盐矿及万州高峰盐矿)。岩盐Br-含量也较高;Br×103/Cl值相对较高,一般为0.26~0.36,最大可达0.41,已达到晚期石盐沉积,甚至是钾镁盐早期沉积阶段。而后又对K+含量较高的样品(不含KCl)进行配矿分析,同时结合岩矿鉴定及XRD分析验证,首次发现和确定长平3井的主要含钾矿物为杂卤石,样品中不含钾石盐(KCl)。通过对样品薄片镜下观察,杂卤石为自形-半自形的板状和柱状及叶片状形态,结合杂卤石与石盐的接触关系及Br×103/Cl值分析,认为长平3井杂卤石为原生沉积成因,而非如前人所认为的四川盆地其他地区的杂卤石成因——后期含钾镁较高的热卤水交代硬石膏而形成。这一认识对该区寻找可溶性钾盐具有一定的启示作用。     

云南勐野井钾盐矿床特征,微量元素地球化学及成因探讨

勐野井钾盐矿床位于云南兰坪、恩茅拗陷带的南部。该带地处藏滇印支地槽褶皱系中段,点苍山、哀牢山断裂带以西,澜沧江断裂带以东。区内发育有巨厚的中新生代红色碎屑岩和含盐建造,本区的主要含盐层为晚白垩世至老第三纪勐野井组。 勐野井组有上下两套含盐层,中部为棕红色钙泥质粉砂岩,下含盐层在区域上是含膏层;上含盐层为石盐岩夹钾盐透镜体。下覆地层是上白垩统扒沙河紫红色石英砂岩,上覆为老第三系等黑组棕红色粉砂岩。矿区为一向斜构造呈北西—南东向分布,盐矿体呈穹窿状,石盐层平均厚196米,钾盐厚29米,NaCl平均含量71.67％ KCl 8.70％,为混有碎屑物的氯化物型钾盐矿床。 本文研究了富钾盐层剖面结构、碎屑物沉积特征、溴、铷、锶、硼等微量元素赋存规律及其在寻找钾盐矿床工作中的标志意义,并探讨了盐矿床的成因。全文蒙袁见齐教授审阅,并提出修改意见,在此表示感谢。     

Origin of polyhalite deposits in the Zechstein (Upper Permian) Zdrada platform (northern Poland)

Polyhalite deposits in the Zechstein (Upper Permian) of northern Poland occur in the Lower Werra Anhydrite. In the Zdrada Sulphate Platform, the polyhalite appears to be a very early replacement of anhydrite. The replacement was caused by the halite-precipitating brines which contained potassium and magnesium ions. The formation of polyhalite was preceded by the syndepositional anhydritization of the original gypsum deposit which has often preserved its primary textures. This anhydritization on the platform and its slopes was a reaction of the precipitated gypsum in a hydrologically open evaporite basin, with brines of salt basins adjacent to the sulphate platform. These brines, when nearly saturated with respect to halite, and potassium and magnesium rich, reacted with anhydrite to precipitate polyhalite along the slopes of the Zdrada Platform. The oxygen and sulphur isotopic compositions of sulphate evaporites indicate that marine solutions were the only source of sulphate ions supplied to the Zechstein basin, and that anhydrite was transformed to polyhalite by reaction with marine brines more concentrated than those that precipitated precursor calcium sulphate minerals.     

美国新墨西哥州钾盐矿床及其开发

新墨西哥州卡尔斯巴德 (Carlsbad)钾盐矿床是美国最早发现的古钾盐矿床 ,该矿床一直是美国钾盐的主要供给地。含钾蒸发岩系产出于得克萨斯州西部、新墨西哥州东南部Delaware盆地上二叠统海相地层中。含钾蒸发岩系可分为 4个建造。由下向上分别为 :①Castile建造 ,由石盐岩和其夹层硬石膏岩或石灰岩构成 ;②Salado建造 ,由钾盐、石盐岩、含泥石盐岩、硬石膏岩、杂卤石岩、白云岩、泥岩构成 ;③Rustler建造。由石盐岩、石膏岩、硬石膏岩、硅质岩、白云岩及石灰岩构成 ;④DeweyLake红层建造 ,由红色泥岩和砂岩构成。其中 ,Salado建造 ,厚 6 70m ,含 12个矿带 ,面积为 492 0km2 ,钾盐矿体主要由钾石盐和无水钾镁矾以及石盐等矿物所组成。次生的钾盐矿物有 :钾盐镁矾和钾镁矾等     

Marine-like potash evaporite formation on a continental playa: case study from Chott el Djerid, southern Tunisia

An exceptional flood in January 1990 led to the formation of a large ephemeral lake on the Chott el Djerid, a salt playa in southern Tunisia. Repeated observations made during 1990 show that the ephemeral lake underwent four evolutionary stages: (1) initial flooding, (2) evaporative concentration of lake waters, (3) the movement of concentrated brine pools over the playa surface as a result of wind action, and (4) total desiccation of the lake by September 1990. During all four stages the brine chemistry of the lake was monitored. Water inflow into the Chott el Djerid basin was found to have a consistent Ca-SO₄-Cl-rich and HCO₃-CO₃-poor chemistry, reflecting the recycling of homogeneous assemblages of Cretaceous, Mio—Pliocene and Quaternary evaporites within the catchment. As the ephemeral lake shrank, these waters produced an Na-Mg-K-Cl-SO₄ brine which was similar to modern sea water. Mineral saturation data show that, during the desiccation of the lake, saturation with respect to both gypsum and halite was achieved and that the most concentrated brines were ultimately saturated with respect to potash phases. After the desiccation of the lake the main mineral phases found on the Chott included gypsum and halite. In addition, ephemeral deposits of carnallite (observed as carnallitite,3KMgCl_3·6H₂0 + NaCl) were found. This assemblage is that which would be expected to form if the waters had undergone salt norm evaporation at 1 bar pressure at 25°C (SNORM) in the evaporation model proposed by Jones and Bodine (1987). The nature of both the brine chemistry and evaporite mineralogy provides a new and rare example of marine-like potash-bearing evaporites being formed in a contemporary continental playa.     

青海察尔汗盐湖别勒滩区段杂卤石成因及其成钾指示意义

别勒滩区段位于青海察尔汗盐湖西部,前人认为察尔汗盐湖固体钾盐矿物以光卤石为主,在别勒滩区段西部发现有杂卤石,但并未引起足够重视,对杂卤石成因未做详细研究。本文通过对别勒区段七个钻孔样品的矿物鉴定及地球化学分析,发现别勒滩区段杂卤石以原生和准同生交代方式赋存,且以后者为主,多交代石膏等硫酸盐矿物产出,少量出现交代石盐现象。杂卤石主要分布于别勒滩中西部地区,整个别勒滩区段自西向东出现了以杂卤石为主渐变为以钾石盐—光卤石为主的分布规律。结合别勒滩区段晶间卤水的补给条件,研究认为别勒滩区段杂卤石形成是涩聂湖硫酸镁亚型湖水与先期形成的盐类矿物发生交代反应的结果。别勒滩地区杂卤石作为典型的陆相成因,对研究海相蒸发岩矿床中普遍存在的杂卤石成因具有一定的对比借鉴意义,海相蒸发岩矿床中的杂卤石可能是盆地形成的内陆盐湖湖水与早期沉积的盐类矿物发生交代反应形成,对寻找海相钾盐有一定的指示意义。     

察尔汉盐湖的半水石膏及其成因分析

本文对自然界极为少见、产于青海柴达木盆地的半水石膏的矿物特征进行了详细研究,并引用实际资料及理论依据,对其成因进行了探讨。     

Na+,K+,Mg2+,Ca2+//Cl-,SO42——H2O六元体系中杂卤石形成条件的再认识

研究海水体系(即Na⁺,K⁺,Mg²⁺,Ca²⁺∥Cl^-,$SO_{4}^{2-}$-H₂O六元体系)中杂卤石的形成条件不仅有助于理解海相蒸发盐成因,对开发杂卤石钾资源利用技术也具有重要的指导作用。但杂卤石以及其他含有硫酸钙矿物(如二水石膏、半水石膏、无水石膏、钾石膏、多钙钾石膏、钙芒硝和水钙芒硝)的相平衡,无论是在实验研究方面还是在热力学模拟方面都仍然存在很多争议。由于缺乏杂卤石在复杂水溶液体系中可靠的相平衡数据,使人们对认识杂卤石成因和利用杂卤石钾资源带来巨大障碍。本工作对海水体系中杂卤石的形成条件进行了热力学模拟和实验研究。超过一年的长时间固液平衡实验表明25 ℃下Na⁺,K⁺,Mg²⁺,Ca²⁺∥Cl^-,$SO_{4}^{2-}$-H₂O六元体系中杂卤石的形成区域极为可观,且较前人实验结果均大数倍;同时证实了热力学模型预测结果的可靠性。这些结果为讨论盐矿床中杂卤石的形成条件提供了物理化学依据。25 ℃下可靠的热力学信息表明:杂卤石与其他盐类矿物的共生情况丰富多样,并且与前人看法不同,杂卤石的形成并不需要极高的钾、镁浓度。这给以杂卤石为指示寻找可溶性固体钾盐带来了挑战,但却指示了以杂卤石为线索更容易找到钾、镁盐未饱和的富钾卤水。     

老挝甘蒙省钾镁盐矿床含矿段的矿物学和地球化学特征及成因

老挝甘蒙省钾镁盐矿床位于呵叻盆地的东隅,本文以该矿床ZK318钻孔的含矿段———下盐层为研究对象,对其开展了系统的矿物学和地球化学特征研究。结果表明,矿石矿物以石盐、钾石盐和光卤石为主,含少量方硼石和硬石膏。根据矿物与主量元素的分布特征,将下盐层分为5个次层,由下至上顺序为:盐岩层(石盐为主)→钾盐岩层(钾石盐为主)→光卤石岩层(光卤石为主)→薄盐岩层(石盐为主)→钾盐岩层(钾石盐为主)。微量元素Br值均大于200×10-6,表明卤水来源于海水;由盐岩层→钾盐岩层→光卤石岩层,B含量呈现出逐渐升高的趋势,表明B含量与卤水盐度呈线性关系。但顶部钾盐岩层的B含量高达890×10-6,与少量方硼石的存在相吻合,指示成矿卤水除了海水外,还有深部热液的贡献。按照卤化物卤水蒸发浓缩的顺序,光卤石是该卤水浓缩的最后阶段,但在光卤石沉积之后,又晶出一薄层石盐,表明曾经历过一次短暂的淡水补给。上、下两层钾石盐具有基本相同的Br含量,分别为1 790×10-6和1 792×10-6,且均直接沉积在石盐之上,故为原生钾石盐,而非光卤石的次生淋滤产物。认为甘蒙省钾镁盐矿床为海源陆相沉积,海水和深部热液是成钾物质的主要来源,钻孔中出露的两层钾石盐均为原生沉积。     

Origin and geochemical reaction paths of sabkha brines: Sabkha Jayb Uwayyid, eastern Saudi Arabia

Sabkhas are ubiquitous geomorphic features in eastern Saudi Arabia. Seven brine samples were taken from Sabkha Jayb Uwayyid in eastern Saudi Arabia. Brine chemistry, saturation state with respect to carbonate and evaporate minerals, and evaporation-driven geochemical reaction paths were investigated to delineate the origin of brines and the evolution of both brine chemistry and sabkha mineralogy. The average total dissolved solids in the sabkha brines is 243 g/l. The order of cation dominance is Na⁺   >>  Mg²⁺ >>  Ca²⁺>K⁺, while anion dominance is Cl⁻ >> SO₄ ²⁻ >> HCO₃ ⁻. Based on the chemical divide principle and observed ion ratios, it was concluded that sabkha brines have evolved from deep groundwater rather than from direct rainfall, runoff from the surroundings, or inflow of shallow groundwater. Aqueous speciation simulations show that: (1) all seven brines are supersaturated with respect to calcite, dolomite, and magnesite and undersaturated with respect to halite; (2) three brines are undersaturated with respect to both gypsum and anhydrite, while three brines are supersaturated with respect to both minerals; (3) anhydrite is a more stable solid phase than gypsum in four brines. Evaporation factors required to bring the brines to the halite phase boundary ranged from 1.016 to 4.53. All reaction paths to the halite phase boundary follow the neutral path as CO₂ is degassed and dolomite precipitates from the brines. On average, a sabkha brine containing 1 kg of H₂O precipitates 7.6 g of minerals along the reaction path to the halite phase boundary, of which 52% is anhydrite, 35.3% is gypsum, and 12.7% is dolomite. Bicarbonate is the limiting factor of dolomite precipitation, and sulfate is the limiting factor of gypsum and anhydrite precipitation from sabkha brines.     

柴达木盆地别勒滩杂卤石矿床特征及其沉积环境研究

别勒滩是青海察尔汗盐湖固体钾矿的主要分布区段,也是企业固转液开采和生产钾盐的主要矿区,该区段分布着大面积的杂卤石矿(K₂Ca₂Mg[SO₄]₄2H₂O)。文章利用2022年察尔汗盐湖储量核查项目获得的岩芯样品和钻孔资料,通过系统的分析测试,开展别勒滩杂卤石成矿特征及沉积环境研究。文章首次查明别勒滩区段杂卤石矿床分布面积超过150 km²,平均厚度0.8 m,w(K₂SO₄)平均大于5%,计算获得K₂SO₄资源量2089.79×10⁴t。研究认为,别勒滩杂卤石形成于钾石盐、光卤石析出阶段的高浓缩盐湖相沉积环境,周期性淡化带入的大量Ca²⁺和SO₄^2-与卤水中含量较高的K⁺、Mg²⁺离子反应形成了杂卤石矿层。别勒滩杂卤石矿层具有较好渗透性和给水...     

Geochemistry of Brines in the Tunguska and Olenek Artesian Basins (Siberian Platform)

A comparative analysis of the chemical composition of underground brines in sections of the Tunguska and Olenek artesian basins is accomplished. The paper examines the equilibrium degree of brines with host rock minerals: carbonate (dolomite, calcite, magnesite, strontianite), sulfate (gypsum and celestine), chloride (halite, sylvite) and some aluminosilicates (anorthite, albite, illite, montmorillonites, kaolinite, muscovite, and others). Origin of brines is discussed based on results of the calculation of genetic coefficients. The paper presents a schematic generalization of data on the chemical composition, mineral concentration, genesis, and abundance of brines in the studied subjects.     

Sedimentology and evaporite genesis in a Holocene continental-sabkha playa basin—Bristol Dry Lake, California

Bristol Dry Lake, a 155 km² continental-sabkha playa basin in the Mojave Desert of south eastern California, is filled with at least 300 m of interbedded terrigenous clastics, gypsum, anhydrite, and halite. Evaporite facies conform approximately to a bull's eye pattern with gypsum and anhydrite surrounding a basin centre accumulation of halite. Transects through Bristol Dry Lake, from the alluvial fan to the centre of the playa, reveal: (1) crudely-bedded, alluvial fan clastics interfingering with (2) playa-margin sand flat and wadi sand and silt, followed by (3) gypsum, anhydrite, chaotic mud halite, and clay of the saline mud flat, and (4) salt-pan halite beds. Terrigenous clastics were deposited in Bristol Dry Lake by sheetflow and by suspension settling from ponded floodwater. Some sediment has been reworked by aeolian processes to form barchan dunes around the playa margin. Thin nodular-like beds of anhydrite and several types of gypsum occur across most of the playa. Giant hopper-shaped halite cubes are suspended in saline mud flat facies, suggesting that they grew displacively in brine soaked sediment just below the surface. Thick beds (4 m) of halite, in the playa centre, may have formed through a complex alternating history of subaqueous and intrasedimentary precipitation under the influence of periodic floods, intense evaporation and brine-level lowering, and capillary discharge of brines. The stratigraphy in the playa centre is cyclic. An ideal cycle consists of: (1) chaotic mud halite at the base overlain by (2) green to red clay with abundant, giant hoppers, and at the top (3) red clay, gypsum, and anhydrite with flaser- to wavy-bedded sand and silt. This type of cycle probably records a gradual progradation of mud-flat facies over salt pans. Bristol Dry Lake sediments are nearly identical to some of the Permian evaporites of the Permian Basin region, U.S.A. and they can serve as modern analogues for ancient-sabkha facies analysis.     

Degree of Brine Evaporation and Origin of the Mengyejing Potash Deposit: Evidence from Fluid Inclusions in Halite

The Mengyejing potash deposit is located in the southern port of the Simao Basin, Yunnan Province, and is hosted in mid-Cretaceous strata. The chemical compositions of fluid inclusions in halite crystals, collected from the level-610 adit in the deposit, were analysed by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS). The results show that the brine is of the Na-K-Mg-Ca-Cl type and has K concentrations that are distinctly higher than those of Mg and Ca, unlike normal brines associated with Cretaceous halite. The high K concentrations indicate that the degree of evaporation of the ancient Mengyejing saline lake was very high, reaching the sylvite deposition stage but rarely reaching the carnallite deposition stage. The trajectory of the H and O isotopic compositions of the brines in the halite-hosted fluid inclusions corresponds to intense evaporation, indicating that the net evaporation exceeded the net inflow of brines. These brine compositions in halite-hosted fluid inclusions were likely formed by the dissolution of previously deposited K-bearing minerals by fresh continental and/or seawater, forming a type of modified seawater, with deep hydrothermal fluids potentially supplying additional potassium. The basin likely experienced multiple seawater incursion, dissolution and redeposition events in a high-temperature environment with high evaporation rates.     

罗布泊盐湖区固体钾盐沉积特征、分布及成因探讨

文章对罗布泊盐湖区杂卤石、光卤石、钾盐镁矾等不同类型固体钾盐矿物特征、分布及成因进行了分析总结。杂卤石主要产于罗北凹地内部沉降区,以交代成因类型为主,代表了以硫酸盐型卤水为主体的罗布泊盐湖残余卤水钾镁富集到一定程度与石膏、钙芒硝发生水-盐反应的产物。光卤石沉积主要产于断陷带（近）地表,为深部氯化物型卤水经断裂向上运移至地表、与浅部卤水掺杂经蒸发浓缩而成。钾盐镁矾主要产于南小团地区,其形成可能与凹陷基底反转、罗北凹地高浓度卤水回灌有关。罗布泊盐湖区不同类型的固体钾盐沉积是构造-物源-气候3种成钾要素在特定时间窗下耦合的产物：在干旱气候条件下,构造活动一方面导致盆地地貌分异形成更加封闭的成钾次级凹地,为钾盐沉积提供可容纳空间;另一方面活化断裂为深部流体补给盐湖提供通道,为钾盐沉积提供不同类型的物质来源,改变盐湖卤水化学组成最终形成不同类型钾盐矿物。     

青海察尔汗盐湖别勒滩区段固体钾盐液化前后物质组成对比及意义

察尔汗盐湖钾矿是中国最大的钾盐矿床,别勒滩位于察尔汗盐湖的最西端,目前正通过液化技术在别勒滩区段的固体钾盐层中提取钾资源。文章通过野外钻孔采集样品和室内系统的岩矿鉴定、X射线衍射、扫描电镜和化学成分分析,研究了含钾地层液化前、后的石盐和主要钾盐矿物的特征,对常量、微量元素进行了测定。得出的结论是：液化前和液化后主要钾盐矿物都是钾石盐、光卤石和杂卤石,其中杂卤石为最主要的钾盐矿物;液化前和液化后,富集程度高的微量元素为I、B和Li,可见别勒滩区段伴生元素I、B和Li具有开采潜力。通过计算得知此区段埋深22.42 m以上液化前w(KCl)平均为2.15%,液化后w(KCl)平均为1.68%,计算预测溶出的KCl资源量约为5 374万吨;埋深4.1 m以上液化前w(KCl)平均为2.23%,液化后w(KCl)平均为1.71%,计算预测溶出的KCl资源量约为1 087万吨,证明了液化法开采别勒滩地区固体钾盐经济可行。     

江陵凹陷沙钾3井古近系沙市组地球化学特征及成钾指示

在盐湖沉积演化过程中,钾镁盐在盐类矿物沉积的中晚期才开始结晶析出。因此,研究含盐系地层中盐类矿物的沉积地球化学特征,不仅可以从侧面获取岩盐的沉积物物质来源和成盐期古卤水蒸发浓缩程度等地球化学信息,而且可以直接揭示古盐湖期钾盐富集趋势及规律。目前,除在江陵凹陷的古近系沙市组等含盐系内发现了富钾卤水外,还在中-南部的钻孔盐矿盐岩中,发现了微量钾石盐和钾石膏,这些说明该凹陷古近纪具有成钾潜力。本文通过对SK3井蒸发岩特征研究及岩芯中K、Mg、Cl、Br离子含量与Br×103/Cl系数的垂向变化分析,揭示古盐湖浓缩演化与钾盐富集趋势,进一步揭示该层段沉积时期及所在凹陷古盐湖卤水钾的富集程度。     

Desalting of sodium and potassium chlorides at the final stages of halogenesis: Evidence from the Gremyachinsk potash deposit in the Caspian basin

The study of “productive” intervals of the Gremyachinsk potash deposit showed that the precipitation of potassic and potassic–magnesium salts was accompanied by large-scale desalting of sodium chloride owing to the interaction of concentrated solutions from the given part of the saliferous basin with diluted solutions. The constant influx of diluted brine was characterized by the high content of sodium chloride, which led to the large-scale precipitation of halite as lenses, crusts, and accumulations of random morphology. Based on the ultramicrochemical analysis of the composition of brine inclusions in halites of different stages of densification, it is suggested that this process was accompanied by the growth of K ion concentrations in the brine and the subsequent desalting of potassium chloride in the carnallite stage brine with the formation of rocks of the carnallite–sylvinite paragenesis.