Salar De Atacama (Minsal)

Prospect in Chile with commodities Lithium, Boron-Borates, Potassium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000725
MRDS ID ISM0508
Record type District
Current site name Salar De Atacama (Minsal)
Alternate or previous names Minsal
Related records 10230880

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.3328, -23.24753 (WGS84)
Relative position NORTHERN PART OF SALT NUCLEUS; L10 REFERS TO TOTAL NUCLEUS AREA(INCL.SCL-LEASES)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lithium Critical Primary
Boron-Borates Tertiary
Potassium Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.3328, -23.24753

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure name GRABEN
Structure description SALAR DE ATACAMA DEPRESSION (GRABEN, BOLSN)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Discovery year 1960

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner CORPORACION DE FOMENTO DE LA PRODUCCION (CORFO), STATE OWNED
  • Type Operator
    Owner COMPANIA MINERA SALAR DE ATACAMA, LTDA. (MINSAL)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    EVANS, R.K.,1986, FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS OF THE SALAR DE ATACAMA, CHILE: 7TH.INDUSTRIAL MINERALS INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS, PAPERS, VOL 1, P. 87-9.1

  • Deposit

    ANONYMOPUS,1988, RESULTATS DE L'EVALUATION DU SALAR DE ATACAMA: INDUSTRIE ET DEVELOPPEMENT INTERNATIONAL, MARS 1988, P. 160.

  • Deposit

    MORAGA, A., CHONG, G., FORTT, M.A., AND HENRIQUEZ, H., 1974, ESTUDIO GEOLOGICO DEL SALAR DE ATACAMA, ANTOFAGASTA: INST. INVEST. GEOL. BOL. 29, 59 P.

  • Deposit

    CHONG DIAZ, G.,1984, DIE SALARE IN NORDCHILE; GEOLOGIE, STRUKUR UND GEOCHEMIE: GEOTEKT. FORSCH. NO.67. STUTTGART, JULI 1984, 146 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1988 KRAUSS, ULRICH H. Bundesanstalt Fuer Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffee (Germany)

Beyond USGS

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