Tambillo

Past 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. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024179
MRDS ID I010119
Record type Site
Current site name Tambillo
Alternate or previous names Llano De Tambillo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.09949, -23.1142 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Comments on the location information

  • IN NORTHEASTERN PART OF SALAR DE ATACAMA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Boron-Borates Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Gangue
Halite Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.09949, -23.1142

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Salar De Atacama

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VILA, TOMAS, 1953, RECURSOS MINERALES NO-METALLICOS DE CHILE: SANTIAGO, CHILE, EDITORIAL UNIVERSITARIA, S.A., 449

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1994 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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