Mine detail: Salar De Pintados - Bellavista

Previously called 'Salar Sur Veijo'

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Location

Lat / long: -20.63088, -69.63284

Resource(N)

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

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: LACUSTRINE EVAPORITE, SEDIMENTARY
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1950

Geology

References

MRDSI000297
DEP60000442
Reference{Deposit:: CROZIER, R.D., 1988, CHILE 1987--INDUSTRIAL MINERALS REVIEW: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 251, P. 44-50.}{Deposit:: KISTLER, R.B., AND SMITH, W.C., 1975, BORON AND BORATES, IN LEFOND, S.J., ED., INDUSTRIAL MINERALS AND ROCKS (NONMETALLICS OTHER THAN FUELS): NEW YORK, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL, AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, INC., P. 473-496.}{Deposit:: STOERTZ, G.E., AND ERICKSEN, G.E., 1974, GEOLOGY OF SALARS IN NORTHERN CHILE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 811, 65 P.}{Deposit:: ERICKSEN, G.E., AND SALAS O., RAUL, 1989, GEOLOGY AND RESOURCES OF SALARS IN THE CENTRAL ANDES, IN ERICKSEN, G.E., CANAS P., M.T., AND REINEMUND, J.A., EDS., GEOLOGY OF THE ANDES AND ITS RELATION TO HYDROCARBON AND MINERAL RESOURCES: HOUSTON, TEXAS, CIRCUM-PACIFIC COUNCIL FOR ENERGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES EARTH SCIENCE SERIES, V. 11, P. 151-164.}{Deposit:: CHONG DIAZ, GUILLERMO, 1984, DIE SALARE IN NORDCHILE--GEOLOGIE, STRUKTUR UND GEOCHEMIE: GEOTEKTONISCHE FORSHUNGEN, V. 67, 146 P.}