Mine detail: Salar De Ascotan

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Location

Lat / long: -21.54756, -68.2995

Resource(N)

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

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: LACUSTRINE EVAPORITE
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1883
Last production ended: 1967

Geology

References

MRDSI000471
DEP60000452
Reference{Deposit:: NORMAN, J.C., AND SANTINI, K.N., 1985, AN OVERVIEW OF OCCURRENCES AND ORIGIN OF SOUTH AMERICAN BORATE DEPOSITS WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE DEPOSIT AT LAGUNA SALINAS, PERU, IN BARKER, J.M., AND LEFOND, S.J., EDS., BORATES: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY AND PRODUCTION: NEW YORK, SOCIETY OF MINING ENGINEERS OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, INC., P. 53-59.}{Deposit:: MUESSIG, SIEGFRIED, 1966, RECENT SOUTH AMERICAN BORATE DEPOSITS, IN RAU, J.L., ED., SECOND SYMPOSIUM ON SALT: CLEVELAND, OHIO, THE NORTHERN OHIO GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, INC., V.1, P. 151-159.}{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:: ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., 1993, THE ECONOMICS OF BORON, 7TH ED.: LONDON, ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., 156 P.}{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:: RAMIREZ R., C.F., AND HUETE L., CARLOS, 1981, HOJA OLLAGUE, REGION DE ANTOFAGASTA: CHILE INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES GEOLOGICAS CARTA GEOLOGICA DE CHILE, NO. 40, ESCALA 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: VILA, TOMAS, 1953, RECURSOS MINERALES NO-METALLICOS DE CHILE: SANTIAGO, CHILE, EDITORIAL UNIVERSITARIA, S.A., 449 P.}