Mine detail: Chepica

Previously called 'Salar De Atacama'

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Location

Lat / long: -23.49752, -68.24949

Resource(B)

Primary: Lithium, Bromine

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1984

Geology

Host type:Evaporite

References

MRDSI000504
DEP10106744
Reference{Deposit:: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1990, WORLD OF MINERALS: NO. 269, P. 9-10.}{Deposit:: CROZIER, R.D., 1986, LITHIUM: RESOURCES AND PROSPECTS: MINING MAGAZINE, V. 154, NO. 2, P. 148-152.}{Deposit:: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1993, AMAX AND CYPRUS MERGER HITS DELAY, IN WORLD OF MINERALS: NO. 312, P. 21-22.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1993.}
ReporterOrris, Greta J.