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Lagunas Pastos Grandes

Producer in Potosi, Bolivia with commodities Boron-Borates, Lithium, Potassium, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Halite, Clay, Limestone, General
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005862
MRDS ID BL10029
Record type Site
Current site name Lagunas Pastos Grandes
Alternate or previous names Pastos Grandes

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.79393, -21.63923 (WGS84)
Elevation 4400
Relative position 23 KM S10W OF ESTANCIA LAS JUNTAS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Potosi(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Federal lands

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia Potosi

Comments on the location information

  • NE OF CERRO CACHI LAGUNA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Boron-Borates Primary
Lithium Critical Primary
Potassium Primary
Gypsum-Anhydrite Tertiary
Halite Tertiary
Clay Tertiary
Limestone, General Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Brine Ore
Ulexite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Clay Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Halite Gangue

Analytical data

Result BRINE ANALYSES BY BALLIVIAN AND RISACHER (1981). BRINES: DENSITY 1.211, PH 7.20, CL 194 G/L, SO4 2.46 G/L, B 945 MG/L, SIO2 67 MG/L, NA 101 G/L, K 14.2 G/L, LI 1.64 G/L, CA 3.1 G/L, MG 3.48 G/L.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 260
USGS model code 35b.3
Deposit model name Lacustrine borates

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.79393, -21.63923
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE LAKES AND THEIR DEPOSITS OCCUPY A CALDERA AND IS ROUGHLY CIRCULAR IN SHAPE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BALLIVIAN, O., AND RISACHER, F., 1981, LOS SALARES DEL ALTIPLANO DE BOLIVIA; METODOS DE ESTUDIO Y EVALUACION ECONOMICA: PARIS, OFFICE DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE ET TECHNIQUE OUTRE-MER, 246P.

  • Deposit

    RISACHER, F., AND MIRANDA, J., 1976, INDICIOS DE INTERES ECONOMICO EN LOS SALARES DEL SUD LIPEZ: LA PAZ, BOLIVIA, UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRES - L'OFFICE DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE ET TECHNIQUE OUTRE-MER INFORME, 8 P.

  • Deposit

    ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., 1993, THE ECONOMICS OF BORON 1993, 7TH ED.: LONDON, ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., 156 P.

  • Deposit

    FIELD/LAB INVESTIGATIONS, 1990, USGS/GEOBOL

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC EVALUATION BY BALLIVIAN AND RISACHER (1981)

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS A SALINE LAKE WITH A SURFACE AREA OF 4,650,000 SQUARE METERS, AVERAGE DEPTH OF 0.15 M AND A VOLUME OF 700,000 CUBIC METERS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1990 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1991 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Editor 27-APR-1995 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

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