Salar De Santa Maria

Past Producer in Salta, Argentina with commodities Halite, Cobalt, Sodium, 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 60000500
MRDS ID I010105
Record type District
Current site name Salar De Santa Maria

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.33277, -24.06421 (WGS84)

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
Cobalt Critical Primary
Sodium Primary
Boron-Borates Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.33277, -24.06421

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DIRECCION NACIONAL DE MINERA Y GEOLOGIA, 1991, REPORT ON THE ARGENTINE MINING SECTOR, ARGENTINE SELECTED MINING PROJECT: BUENOS AIRES

  • Deposit

    TURNER, J.C.M., 1964, DESCRIPCION GEOLOGICA DE LA HOJA 7C NEVADO DE CACHI: DNMG BOL. 99, P. 78.

  • Deposit

    SCHALAMUK, ISIDORO, FERNANDEZ, RAUL, AND ETCHEVERRY, RICARDO, 1983, LOS YACIMIENTOS DE MINERALES NO METALIFEROS Y ROCAS DE APLICACION DE LA REGION NOA: BUENOS AIRES, SUBSECRETARIA DE MINERIA, ANALES XX, 196 P.

Beyond USGS

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