Salinas Grandes

potash-bearing brine in Argentina

Geologic information

CountryArgentina
Location:-65.873, -23.623
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Site typearea
Deposit typepotash-bearing brine
Evaporite basinSalinas Grandes
Basin typecontinental closed basin
Age
Cenozoic
Quaternary
Pleistocene-Holocene
Minimum:Cenozoic-Quaternary-Holocene
Maximum:Cenozoic-Quaternary-Pleistocene
Commodities
Minerals
Potassium minerals:
Other minerals:
Lithology
Notes:Playa sediments and evaporites.
Geologic map unit-65.873, -23.623
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Economic information

Production
StatusNone
CompanyOrocobre Ltd. (2011), Dajin Resources Corp. (2012)

Reference information

References

Houston, John, 2010b, Technical report on the Salinas Grandes-Guayatayoc project, Jujuy-Salta Provinces, Argentina; Report for NI43-101: Milton, Queensland, Orocobre Ltd., 80 p.