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Salar De Huasco

Past Producer in Chile with commodity Boron-Borates
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024181
MRDS ID I010125
Record type Site
Current site name Salar De Huasco
Alternate or previous names Laguna De Huasco Y Ramadita, Laguna De Guasco

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.86619, -20.29759 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position Estimated Location, Within 2 Minutes., Estimated Location, Within 2 Minutes., Estimated Location, Within 2 Minutes.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Boron-Borates Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ulexite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Lake Sediments
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.86619, -20.29759
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

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-MAY-94 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 04-NOV-94 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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