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Salar del Hombre Muerto

potash-bearing brine in Argentina

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Geologic information

CountryArgentina
Location:-67.1211, -25.4072
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Site typedeposit
Deposit typepotash-bearing brine
Evaporite basinHombre Muerto-Diablillos
Basin typecontinental closed basin
Age
Cenozoic
Neogene-Quaternary
Pliocene-Pleistocene-Holocene
Minimum:Cenozoic-Quaternary-Holocene
Maximum:Cenozoic-Neogene-Pliocene
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Minerals
Potassium minerals:
Other minerals:
Lithology
Geologic map unit-67.1211, -25.4072
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Economic information

Production
StatusNot Determined
CompanyFMC (2011), Lithium One Inc. (2010)
Estimates of reserves or resources
K2O tonnage13 infMillion tonnes
Data years2011
Data sourceRosko and Jaacks (2011)

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Comments

B and Li are produced from the Salar; brine contains 7,500 ppm K.

References

Argentina Direccion Nacional de Mineria y Geologia, 1991, Report on the Argentine mining sector, Argentine selected mining projects: Buenos Aires, Argentina Direccion Nacional de Mineria y Geologia.
Argentina Mining Secretary, 1993, Directory of mining investment opportunities in the Argentine Republic: Argentina Ministry of Economy and Public Services, 395 p.
Roskill Information Services Ltd., 1989, The economics of potash (2d ed.): London, Roskill Information Services Ltd., 121 p.
Rosko, M., and Jaacks, J., 2011, Inferred resource estimate for lithium and potassium, Sal de Vida project, Salar del Hombre Muerto, Catamarca-Salta, Argentina; Report for NI 43-101 prepared on behalf of Lithium One Inc.: Santiago, Argentina, Montgomery and Associates and Geochemical Applications International, Inc., 91 p. and appendices.