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Salar de Llullaillaco

potash-bearing brine in Argentina

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Geologic information

CountryArgentina
Location:-68.2952, -24.7978
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Site typebrine
Deposit typepotash-bearing brine
Evaporite basinLlullaillaco
Basin typecontinental closed basin
Age
Cenozoic
Neogene-Quaternary
Pleistocene(?)-Holocene
Minimum:Cenozoic-Quaternary-Holocene
Maximum:Cenozoic-Neogene-Pleistocene(?)
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Geologic map unit-68.2952, -24.7978
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Production
StatusNone
CompanyInternational Lithium Corp. (2012)

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References

Elliott, Jack, 2012, IM global potash roundup, 19-25 April: Industrial Minerals press release, April 25, 2012, 1 p., accessed April 26, 2012, at http://www.indmin.com/Article/3017206/Channel/19523/IM-Global-Potash-Roundup-19-25-April.html.
Harrop, J., and MacDonald, K., 2011, Mariana lithium project, Salar de Llullaillaco, Salta, Argentina: Vancouver, British Columbia, International Lithium Corp., 71 p.