Lithium-bearing brines in the Daldyno-Alakatsky district (Western Yakutia)

Presented are the results from investigating the regularities of lithium distribution in salt waters and brines of the Daldyno-Alakatsky district (Western Yakutia). It is established that lithium concentration in the groundwater under investigation exceeds many times (by factors of 10 to 20) the concentration contents, according to which the waters can be assigned to industrial waters. Both subsurface and drainage brines are equally suited as raw materials for extraction of lithium.