Salar De Pastos Grandes

Past Producer in Salta, Argentina with commodities Halite, Boron-Borates, Lithium, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Potassium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000447
MRDS ID I000322
Record type District
Current site name Salar De Pastos Grandes
Alternate or previous names Neptali, Monchu, Hilda, Cristina Elisa, Ana De Valle, Mariano, Susy, Diego

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.33276, -24.6642 (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
Boron-Borates Primary
Lithium Critical Tertiary
Gypsum-Anhydrite Tertiary
Potassium Tertiary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 260
USGS model code 35b.3
Deposit model name Lacustrine borates

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.33276, -24.6642

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description CLOSED BASIN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Beyond USGS

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