Salar de Centenario

potash-bearing brine in Argentina

Geologic information

CountryArgentina
Location:-66.7015, -24.8351
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Site typebrine
Deposit typepotash-bearing brine
Evaporite basinCentenario
Basin typecontinental closed basin
Age
Cenozoic
Neogene-Quaternary
Miocene-Pliocene-Pleistocene-Holocene
Minimum:Cenozoic-Quaternary-Holocene
Maximum:Cenozoic-Neogene-Miocene
Commodities
Minerals
Potassium minerals:
Other minerals:
Lithology
Notes:Lithium is primary commodity; potash is potential by-product.
Geologic map unit-66.7015, -24.8351
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Economic information

Production
StatusNone
CompanyRhodinia Lithium (2012), Li3 Energy (2011)

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