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Maria Elena Mine

Producer in Chile with commodities Nitrogen-Nitrates, Iodine, Sodium, Chromium, 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085130
MRDS ID W700670
Record type Site
Current site name Maria Elena Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.6662, -22.31422 (WGS84)
Relative position IN ATACAMA DESERT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Comments on the location information

  • THIS DEPOSIT IS LOCATE INLAND AND SOUTHWEST OF TOCOPILLA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nitrogen-Nitrates Primary
Iodine Primary
Sodium Secondary
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Boron-Borates Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Halite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Colluvium

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.6662, -22.31422
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Climate- Very Arid

Comments on the geologic information

  • ANNUAL RAINFALL AVERAGES LESS THAN 0.04 INCHES AND THERE BE AS MUCH AS TWENTY YEARS BETWEEN RAIN SHOWERS. THIS CLIMATE HAS EXISTED SINCE ABOUT THE MID MIOCENE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile Sa (Sqm Or Soquimich)

Comments on the production information

  • ORE AVERAGES: 7-10% NANO3; 4-10% NACL; 10-30% NA2SO4; 2-7% MG, CA, K., BR, AND I; 1-2% H2O; AND 41-76% GANGUE.

Comments on development

  • ORE PRODUCTION CAPACITY BETWEEN 1,000,000 AND 3,000,000 TONNES/YEAR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 46.

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1991, WORLD OF MINERALS: NO. 282, P. 9.

  • Deposit

    HARBEN, P.W., AND BATES, R.L., 1990, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS GEOLOGY AND WORLD DEPOSITS: LONDON, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS DIVISION METAL BULLETIN PLC, 312 P.

  • Deposit

    FERRARIS B., FERNANDO, 1978, HOJA TOCOPILLA, REGION DE ANTOFAGASTA: CHILE INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES GEOLOGICAS MAPAS GEOLOGICAS PRELIMINARES DE CHILE, NO. 3, ESCALA 1:250,000.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CALICHE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-89 Beougher, Dee (Spanski, Gregory T.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-90 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-94 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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