Mine detail: Salar De Atacama (Scl)

Previously called 'Scl'

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Location

Lat / long: -23.33082, -68.28279

Resource(B)

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

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: BRINE
Production size: None
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1984

Geology

Structure:ATACAMA DOWNWARP

References

MRDSISM0509
DEP60000726
Reference{Deposit:: VILA, T., 1986, GEOLOGIA DE LOS DEPOSITOS SALINOS DEL NORTE DE CHILE, IN GEOLOGIA Y RECURSOS MINERALES DE CHILE, VOL.2: FRUTOS, J. ET AL. (EDITORS) SANTIAGO, 1986}{Deposit:: VILA, T., 1974, GEOLOGIA Y GEOQUIMICA DE LOS DEPOSITOS SALINOS ANDINOS, PROVINCIA DE ANTOFAGASTA: THESIS UNIV. DE CHILE. REV. GEOL. DE CHILE NO 2, 1975, P. 41-55.}{Deposit:: ERICKSEN, G., VINE, J., AND BALLON, R.,1977, CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND DISTRIBUTION OF LITHIUM-RICH BRINES IN SALAR DE UYUNI AND NEARBY SALARS IN SOUTHWESTERN BOLIVIA, IN PENNER, S. (EDITOR) 1977, LITHIUM NEEDS AND RESOURCES. PERGAMON PRESS USA}{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.}{Deposit:: STOERTZ, G.E., AND ERICKSEN, G.E.,1974, GEOLOGY OF SALARS IN NORTHERN CHILE:-U.S.GEOL.SURVEY PROF. PAPER 811, 65 P.}
ReporterKRAUSS, ULRICH H.