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Salar Deposits in Northern Chile

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Stratabound Ore Deposits in the Andes

Part of the book series: Special Publication No. 8 of the Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits ((MINERAL DEPOS.,volume 8))

Abstract

The salt deposits of continental origin in the coastal desert of Northern Chile have been subject to many scientific studies since the end of the 19th century, especially with respect to the Na-K nitrate ore deposits, unique in type in the world (Noellner 1867; Darwin 1890; Brüggen 1928; Wetzel 1928; Ericksen 1981, 1983; van Moort 1985). Although not as extensive and continuous as these, different types of salt deposits, locally known as salares, that carry only traces of nitrates, occur at the same latitude but with a much wider distribution to the east.

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    G. Christian Amstutz

  3. Gerente de Exploraciones, Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, and Newmont Peru Limited, Av. José Gálvez Barrenechea 218, Urb. Corpac, Lima-San Isidro, Peru

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    Esteban Cedillo

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Vila, T. (1990). Salar Deposits in Northern Chile. In: Fontboté, L., Amstutz, G.C., Cardozo, M., Cedillo, E., Frutos, J. (eds) Stratabound Ore Deposits in the Andes. Special Publication No. 8 of the Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits, vol 8. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-88282-1_56

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