Salar De Rio Grande

Past Producer in Salta, Argentina with commodities Sodium, Boron-Borates, Halite
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 60000480
MRDS ID I000733
Record type District
Current site name Salar De Rio Grande
Alternate or previous names Salina De Rio Grande, Rio Grande Mine, Horacio

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.16618, -25.0808 (WGS84)
Relative position WEST OF SALAR ARIZARO.

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
Sodium Primary
Boron-Borates Secondary
Halite Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.16618, -25.0808

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past 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

    SCHALAMUK, ISIDORO, FERNANDEZ, RAUL, AND ETCHEVERRY, RICARDO, 1983, LOS YACIMIENTOS DE MINERALES NO METALIFEROS Y ROCAS DE APLICACION DE LA REGION NOA: SUBSECRETARIA DE MINERIA, ANALES XX, 208 P.

  • 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.