Salar De Gorbea

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. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000501
MRDS ID I010111
Record type District
Current site name Salar De Gorbea
Alternate or previous names Gorbea

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.6662, -25.41419 (WGS84)
Relative position THE SALAR HAS AN AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 12 SQ MILES WITH A DRAINAGE AREA OF 139 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.6662, -25.41419

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

Beyond USGS

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