Mine detail: Salar De Atacama

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Location

Lat / long: -23.49752, -68.24949

Resource(B)

Primary: Lithium, Potassium
Secondary: Boron-Borates
Tertiary: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Halite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: LACUSTRINE EVAPORITE, BRINE
Production size: Large
Development status: Producer

Geology

References

MRDSI000198
DEP60000439
Reference{Deposit:: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1990, WORLD OF MINERALS: NO. 279, P. 8.}{Deposit:: CROZIER, R.D., 1986, LITHIUM: RESOURCES AND PROSPECTS: MINING MAGAZINE, V. 154, NO. 2, P. 148-152.}{Deposit:: MINING ENGINEERING, 1989, ATACAMA BRINES PROVIDE BASIS FOR SOLAR EVAPORATION PROJECT, IN INDUSTRY NEWSWATCH: V. 41, NO. 11, P. 1073-1074.}{Deposit:: BORIC P., RICARDO, DIAZ F., FELIPE, AND MAKSAEV J., VICTOR, 1990, GEOLOGIA Y YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REGION DE ANTOFAGASTA: SERVICIO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGICA Y MINERIA -- CHILE BOLETIN 40, 246 P. ESCALA 1:500,000.}{Deposit:: STOERTZ, G.E., AND ERICKSEN, G.E., 1974, GEOLOGY OF SALARS IN NORTHERN CHILE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 811, 65 P.}