Salar De Pocitos Salt Deposit

Occurrence in Salta, Argentina with commodity Manganese

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10005242
MRDS ID	AR15025
Record type	Site
Current site name	Salar De Pocitos Salt Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference	Approximate
Geographic coordinates:	-64.8229, -24.2872 (WGS84)
Relative position	65 KM SWW OF SAN ANTONIO DE LOS COBRES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salta(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country	State
Argentina	Salta

Comments on the location information

AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE SALTA-SOCOMPA RAILROAD AND HIGHWAY 53

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Manganese Critical	Primary

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1)	-64.8229, -24.2872	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	AR15025

Bibliographic references

Deposit

ANGELELLI (1984) YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA V.1 P.360 (MAP)
Other Database

CIMRI

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-OCT-1992	Sow, Thierno	U.S. Geological Survey
Updater	02-SEP-1994	Long, Keith R.	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.