Mine detail: Salar De Atacama (Minsal)

Previously called 'Minsal'

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Location

Lat / long: -23.24753, -68.3328

Resource(B)

Primary: Lithium
Tertiary: Potassium, Boron-Borates
Discovery year: 1960

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: BRINES, LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTARY, EVAPORITE
Production size: None
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Structure:SALAR DE ATACAMA DEPRESSION (GRABEN, BOLSN)

References

MRDSISM0508
DEP60000725
Reference{Deposit:: STOERTZ, G.E., AND ERICKSEN, G.E., 1974, GEOLOGY OF SALARS IN NORTHERN CHILE: U.S.GEOL.SURVEY PROF PAPER 811, 65 P.}{Deposit:: EVANS, R.K.,1986, FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS OF THE SALAR DE ATACAMA, CHILE: 7TH.INDUSTRIAL MINERALS INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS, PAPERS, VOL 1, P. 87-9.1}{Deposit:: ANONYMOPUS,1988, RESULTATS DE *VALUATION DU SALAR DE ATACAMA: INDUSTRIE ET DEVELOPPEMENT INTERNATIONAL, MARS 1988, P. 160.}{Deposit:: MORAGA, A., CHONG, G., FORTT, M.A., AND HENRIQUEZ, H., 1974, ESTUDIO GEOLOGICO DEL SALAR DE ATACAMA, ANTOFAGASTA: INST. INVEST. GEOL. BOL. 29, 59 P.}{Deposit:: CHONG DIAZ, G.,1984, DIE SALARE IN NORDCHILE; GEOLOGIE, STRUKUR UND GEOCHEMIE: GEOTEKT. FORSCH. NO.67. STUTTGART, JULI 1984, 146 P.}
ReporterKRAUSS, ULRICH H.