柴达木地区的矿产资源十分丰富.经过广大地质工作者四十多年的艰苦努力,共发现石油、天然气、煤、铁、铅锌、金、银、钨、锡、铌、钽、锂、钾盐、镁盐、石盐、硼、溴、碘、芒硝、石膏、天然碱、自然硫、压电水晶、天青石、硅灰石、石棉、化工灰岩等矿产80种,产地近千处.其中,探明储量的矿产52种,产地270处,占全省探明产地数的40%,探明储量潜在经济价值占全省总潜在经济价值的90%以上.在探明储量的矿产中氯化钾、氯化镁、氯化锂、食盐、化工灰岩、石棉等居全国首位;三氧化二硼、氯化铷分别居全国第二、三位.氯化钾、氯化锂、氯化镁、石盐的储量分别占全国总储量的 After more than 40 years of hard work by a large number of geological workers, a total of 16 oil and natural gas, coal, iron, lead, zinc, gold, silver, tungsten, tin, niobium, tantalum, 80 kinds of minerals such as potassium, magnesium, stone salt, boron, bromine, iodine, mirabilite, gypsum, trona, natural sulfur, piezoelectric crystal, celestite, wollastonite, asbestos and chemical limestone. Among them, the proven reserves of 52 kinds of minerals, producing 270, accounting for 40% of the province’s proven production, the potential economic value of proven reserves of the province’s total potential economic value of more than 90% in the proven reserves of minerals China ranks first in the country in terms of potassium chloride, magnesium chloride, lithium chloride, salt, chemical limestone and asbestos, while boron trioxide and rubidium chloride rank second in the country and third respectively. Potassium chloride, lithium chloride, magnesium chloride, The reserves of rock salt account for the total reserves of the country