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Dry Lakes in Nevada
October 1999 by Edgar B. Heylmun, PhD
Desert dry lakes are the final resting place for many of the metals and compounds found within their drainage basins. Some, like Humboldt and Carson Sinks, have enormous drainage basins which include may highly-mineralized districts.The Bawl Mill
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