Commodities
PrimaryLithium
TertiaryPotassium, Boron-Borates
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typeBRINE
Deposit sizeN
Geology
StructureATACAMA DOWNWARP
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1984
Discovery year1960
Identification
Deposit ID60000726
MRDS IDISM0509
Alternate namesScl
RegionSA
Data scoreC
Coordinates-23.33082, -68.28279
References
VILA, T., 1986, GEOLOGIA DE LOS DEPOSITOS SALINOS DEL NORTE DE CHILE, IN GEOLOGIA Y RECURSOS MINERALES DE CHILE, VOL.2: FRUTOS, J. ET AL. (EDITORS) SANTIAGO, 1986VILA, T., 1974, GEOLOGIA Y GEOQUIMICA DE LOS DEPOSITOS SALINOS ANDINOS, PROVINCIA DE ANTOFAGASTA: THESIS UNIV. DE CHILE. REV. GEOL. DE CHILE NO 2, 1975, P. 41-55.ERICKSEN, G., VINE, J., AND BALLON, R.,1977, CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND DISTRIBUTION OF LITHIUM-RICH BRINES IN SALAR DE UYUNI AND NEARBY SALARS IN SOUTHWESTERN BOLIVIA, IN PENNER, S. (EDITOR) 1977, LITHIUM NEEDS AND RESOURCES. PERGAMON PRESS USAMORAGA, A., CHONG, G., FORTT, M.A., AND HENRIQUEZ, H., 1974, ESTUDIO GEOLOGICO DEL SALAR DE ATACAMA, ANTOFAGASTA: INST. INVEST. GEOL. BOL. 29, 59 P.CHONG DIAZ, G., 1984, DIE SALARE IN NORDCHILE; GEOLOGIE, STRUKUR UND GEOCHEMIE: GEOTEKT. FORSCH. NO. 67. STUTTGART, JULI 1984, 146 P.STOERTZ, G.E., AND ERICKSEN, G.E.,1974, GEOLOGY OF SALARS IN NORTHERN CHILE:-U.S.GEOL.SURVEY PROF. PAPER 811, 65 P.