Shigatse Prefecture
Zabuye Lake is a hypersaline, landlocked soda lake located at an elevation of in the Shigatse Prefecture of Tibet Autonomous Region, from Lhasa. The lake gives its name to the mineral zabuyelite (lithium carbonate, Li2CO3), which was discovered here in 1987 and has been mined since 2004–2005. In 2008, the salt mine at the lake was regarded as the major source of lithium in China.