Commodities
PrimaryNitrogen-Nitrates, Iodine
SecondarySodium, Boron-Borates, Chromium
Commodity typeB
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10065011
MRDS IDTC39984
RegionSA
Data scoreD
Coordinates-20.75147, -69.7101
References
ERICKSEN, G.E., 1981, GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF THE CHILEAN NITRATE DEPOSITS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1188, 37P.RICH, J.L., 1942, PHYSIOGRAPHIC SETTING OF NITRATE DEPOSITS OF TARAPACA, CHILE: ITS BEARING ON THE PROBLEM OF ORIGIN AND CONCENTRATION: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 37, NO. 3, P. 188-214.ERICKSEN, G.E., AND MROSE, M.E., 1970, MINERALOGICAL STUDIES OF THE NITRATE DEPOSITS OF CHILE, II. DARAPSKITE NA3(NO3)(SO4).H2O: AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, V. 55, P. 1500-1517.CIMRI