Salar De Atacama

Producer in Chile with commodities Potassium, Lithium, Boron-Borates, Halite, Gypsum-Anhydrite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000439
MRDS ID I000198
Record type District
Current site name Salar De Atacama

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.24949, -23.49752 (WGS84)
Relative position DRAINAGE BASIN IS 4529 SQ MILES IN SIZE; SALAR COVERS AN AREA OF 1225 SQ MILES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Potassium Primary
Lithium Critical Primary
Boron-Borates Secondary
Halite Tertiary
Gypsum-Anhydrite Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.24949, -23.49752

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner SOCIEDAD MINERA SALAR DE ATACAMA LTDA (MINSAL) CONSORTIUM (AMAX)
    Interest 63.75
  • Type Owner
    Owner SOCIEDAD MINERA SALAR DE ATACAMA LTDA (MINSAL) CONSORTIUM (CORPORACION DE FOMENTO DE LA PRODUCCION)
    Interest 25
  • Type Owner
    Owner SOCIEDAD MINERA SALAR DE ATACAMA LTDA (MINSAL) CONSORTIUM (MOLIBDENOS Y METALES SA (MOLYMET))
    Interest 11.25
  • Type Owner
    Owner SOCIEDAD MINERA SALAR DE ATACAMA LTDA (MINSAL) CONSORTIUM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1990, WORLD OF MINERALS: NO. 279, P. 8.

  • Deposit

    CROZIER, R.D., 1986, LITHIUM: RESOURCES AND PROSPECTS: MINING MAGAZINE, V. 154, NO. 2, P. 148-152.

  • Deposit

    MINING ENGINEERING, 1989, ATACAMA BRINES PROVIDE BASIS FOR SOLAR EVAPORATION PROJECT, IN INDUSTRY NEWSWATCH: V. 41, NO. 11, P. 1073-1074.

  • Deposit

    BORIC P., RICARDO, DIAZ F., FELIPE, AND MAKSAEV J., VICTOR, 1990, GEOLOGIA Y YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE LA REGION DE ANTOFAGASTA: SERVICIO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGICA Y MINERIA -- CHILE BOLETIN 40, 246 P. ESCALA 1:500,000.

  • Deposit

    STOERTZ, G.E., AND ERICKSEN, G.E., 1974, GEOLOGY OF SALARS IN NORTHERN CHILE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 811, 65 P.

Beyond USGS

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