Salar De Maricunga

Past Producer in Chile with commodities Boron-Borates, Travertine, Halite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Controls for ore emplacement
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000461
MRDS ID I000480
Record type District
Current site name Salar De Maricunga

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -69.0828, -26.93078 (WGS84)
Relative position DRAINAGE BASIN HAS AN AREA OF 866 SQ MILES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Boron-Borates Primary
Travertine Tertiary
Halite Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -69.0828, -26.93078

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • CLOSED BASIN, ARID CLIMATE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NORMAN, J.C., AND SANTINI, K.N., 1985, AN OVERVIEW OF OCCURRENCES AND ORIGIN OF SOUTH AMERICAN BORATE DEPOSITS WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE DEPOSIT AT LAGUNA SALINAS, PERU, IN BARKER, J.M., AND LEFOND, S.J., EDS., BORATES: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY AND PRODUCTION: NEW YORK, SOCIETY OF MINING ENGINEERS OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, INC., P. 53-59.

  • Deposit

    KISTLER, R.B., AND SMITH, W.C., 1975, BORON AND BORATES, IN LEFOND, S.J., ED., INDUSTRIAL MINERALS AND ROCKS (NONMETALLICS OTHER THAN FUELS): NEW YORK, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL, AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, INC., P. 473-496.

  • Deposit

    STOERTZ, G.E., AND ERICKSEN, G.E., 1974, GEOLOGY OF SALARS IN NORTHERN CHILE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 811, 65 P.

  • Deposit

    MERCADO W., MARGARET, 1978, AVANCE GEOLOGICO DE LAS HOJAS CHANARAL Y POTRERILLOS, REGION DE ATACAMA: CHILE INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES GEOLOGICOS MAPAS PRELIMINARES DE CHILE, NO. 2, ESCALA 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

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

Beyond USGS

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