Salar De Quillagua

Producer in Chile with commodity Boron-Borates
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 60000467
MRDS ID I000524
Record type District
Current site name Salar De Quillagua

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.54953, -21.64756 (WGS84)
Relative position LAT-LONG IS FOR THE TOWN OF QUILLAGUA WHICH IS IN THE PROVINCE OF ANTOFASTA NEAR ITS BORDER WITH THE PROVINCE OF TARAPACA. THE SALAR MAY BE NORTH OF THE TOWN, IN WHICH CASE, IT WOULD PROBABLY LIE IN THE PROVINCE OF TARAPACA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Boron-Borates Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.54953, -21.64756

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner MINERA DEL BORO
    Year 1992

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., 1993, THE ECONOMICS OF BORON 1993, 7TH ED.: LONDON, ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., 156 P.

  • Deposit

    LYDAY, P.A., 1992, HISTORY OF BORON PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 303, P. 19-37.

Beyond USGS

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