Salar De Llullaillaco

Producer in Salta, Argentina with commodities Halite, 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. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000479
MRDS ID I000732
Record type District
Current site name Salar De Llullaillaco
Alternate or previous names Salar De Llullaiyacu, Salina De Llullaiyaco

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.27449, -24.8475 (WGS84)
Relative position LAT-LONG IS FOR APPROXIMATE CENTER OF SALAR. WEST OF SALAR ARIZARO. KNOWN MINERALIZATION IS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE SALAR.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salta(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina Salta

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Halite Primary
Boron-Borates Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.27449, -24.8475

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CATALANO, L.R., 1964, BORO-BERILIO-LITIO (UNA NUEVA FUENTE NATURAL DE ENERGIA): MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA DE LA NACION ESTUDIOS DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA ECONOMICA SERIE ARGENTINA, NO. 3, VARIOUSLY PAGED.

  • Deposit

    RICCI, S.M., 1973, MAPA MINERO DE LAS PROVINCIAS DE JUJUY Y SALTA: MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA DE REPUBLICA ARGENTINA, ESCALA 1:750,000.

Beyond USGS

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