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Borateras De Chilcaya

Past Producer in Chile with commodity Boron-Borates
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023480
MRDS ID I000467
Record type Site
Current site name Borateras De Chilcaya
Alternate or previous names Pampa Chilcaya

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.08286, -18.8143 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Comments on the location information

  • 3 SMALL LAKES OCCUR WITHIN THE SALAR AREA. DRAINAGE BASIN AREA IS 104 SQ MI; SALAR AREA IS 6.6 SQ MILES.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Boron-Borates Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ulexite Ore

Analytical data

Result ANALYSIS OF BORATE SAMPLE (VILA, 1953): 34.70% B2O3, 11.50% LIME, 6.24% SODA, 30.93% WATER, 12.35% NACL, 0.96% CASO4, 0.49% MAGNESIA, 0.15% IRON AND ALUMINA, 2.08% INSOLUBLES.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Lake Sediments
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.08286, -18.8143
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THERMAL SPRINGS AND GEYSERS OCCUR ALONG THE MARGINS OF THE SALAR.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Salar De Surire

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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

    VILA, TOMAS, 1953, RECURSOS MINERALES NO-METALLICOS DE CHILE: SANTIAGO, CHILE, EDITORIAL UNIVERSITARIA, S.A., 449 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OLD LAKE BEDS ARE WELL STRATIFIED, 10-20 CM THICK, AND CROP OUT ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE SALAR. BORATIFEROUS THERMAL SPRINGS ARE REPORTED TO BE PRESENT IN THE PAMPA BY VILA (1953). BORATE MINERALS OCCUR AS LAYERS AND NODULES BELOW AN EVAPORITE CRUST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1990 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 04-NOV-1994 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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