Mine detail: Salar De Maricunga

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Location

Lat / long: -26.93078, -69.0828

Resource(N)

Primary: Boron-Borates
Tertiary: Halite, Travertine

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTARY, EVAPORITE
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

References

MRDSI000480
DEP60000461
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:: 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:: MERCADO W., MARGARET, 1978, AVANCE GEOLOGICO DE LAS HOJAS CHANARAL Y POTRERILLOS, REGION DE ATACAMA: CHILE INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES GEOLOGICOS MAPAS PRELIMINARES DE CHILE, NO. 2, ESCALA 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: VILA, TOMAS, 1953, RECURSOS MINERALES NO-METALLICOS DE CHILE: SANTIAGO, CHILE, EDITORIAL UNIVERSITARIA, S.A., 449 P.}