Mine detail: Victoria

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Location

Lat / long: -20.75147, -69.7101

Resource(B)

Primary: Nitrogen-Nitrates, Iodine
Secondary: Sodium, Boron-Borates, Chromium
Gangue: Halite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

References

MRDSTC39984
DEP10065011
Reference{Deposit:: ERICKSEN, G.E., 1981, GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF THE CHILEAN NITRATE DEPOSITS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1188, 37P.}{Deposit:: RICH, J.L., 1942, PHYSIOGRAPHIC SETTING OF NITRATE DEPOSITS OF TARAPACA, CHILE: ITS BEARING ON THE PROBLEM OF ORIGIN AND CONCENTRATION: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 37, NO. 3, P. 188-214.}{Deposit:: ERICKSEN, G.E., AND MROSE, M.E., 1970, MINERALOGICAL STUDIES OF THE NITRATE DEPOSITS OF CHILE, II. DARAPSKITE NA3(NO3)(SO4).H2O: AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, V. 55, P. 1500-1517.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
ReporterPage, Norman J.