Salar de Rincon

potash-bearing brine in Argentina

Geologic information

CountryArgentina
Location:-67.1667, -24.0833
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Site typedeposit
Deposit typepotash-bearing brine
Evaporite basinRincon
Basin typecontinental closed basin
Age
Cenozoic
Neogene-Quaternary
Pliocene-Pleistocene-Holocene
Minimum:Cenozoic-Quaternary-Holocene
Maximum:Cenozoic-Neogene-Pliocene
Commodities
Minerals
Potassium minerals:
Other minerals:
Lithology
Notes:Lithium is primary commodity; potash is potential by-product.
Geologic map unit-67.1667, -24.0833
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Economic information

Production
StatusUnder Development(?)
CompanyRincon Lithium (2011), Li3 Energy Inc. (2011)
Estimates of reserves or resources
K2O tonnage10.8Million tonnes
Data sourceSorentino (2004)

Reference information

Comments

Lithium is produced from the brine; it is not clear if potash will be produced as a byproduct.

References

Norman, J.C., and Santini, K.N., 1985, An overview of occurrences and origin of South American borate deposits with a description of the deposit at Laguna Salinas, Peru, in Barker, J.M., and Lefond, S.J., eds., Borates; Economic geology and production: New York, Society of Mining Engineers of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers, Inc., p. 53-69.
Roskill Information Services Ltd., 1989, The economics of potash (2d ed.): London, Roskill Information Services Ltd., 121 p.
Schalamuk, I., Fernandez, R., and Etcheverry, R., 1983, Los yacimientos minerales y no metaliferos y rocas de aplicacion de la Region NOA [The non-metallic mineral deposits and applied rocks of the NOA Region]: Ministerio de Economia de Republica Argentina Anales XX, 208 p.
Sorentino, C.M.R., 2004, Report of an independent technical review and valuation of the Salar del Rincon asset and opinion on the market value of Admiralty Resources NL: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Admiralty Resources, 15 p.