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Salar Grande

Producer in Chile with commodity Halite
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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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106738
MRDS ID I000295
Record type Site
Current site name Salar Grande

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.99954, -20.99757 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Halite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Halite Ore

Analytical data

Result SALT BODY IS ABOUT 98% NACL.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.99954, -20.99757
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Salinas Punta De Lobos Sa

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CROZIER, R.D., 1988, CHILE 1987--INDUSTRIAL MINERALS REVIEW: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 251, P. 44-50.

  • Deposit

    VILA G., TOMAS, 1975, TECTOGENESIS Y DISTRIBUCION DE MINERALES NO-METALICOS EN CHILE: II CONGRESO IBERO-AMERICANO DE GEOLOGIA ECONOMICA, BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA, 15 AL 19 DE DICIEMBRE, 1975, T. 3, P. 123-134.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A VERY PURE SAT BODY COVERS AN AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 300 SQ KM.
Deposit THIS MINE IS THE MAJOR PRODUCER OF SALT IN CHILE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1990 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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