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Salar De La Laguna

Producer in Potosi, Bolivia with commodities Sodium, Halite
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005868
MRDS ID BL10042
Record type Site
Current site name Salar De La Laguna
Alternate or previous names Boratera La Laguna

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.45895, -20.83564 (WGS84)
Elevation 3950
Relative position 10 KM S15W OF CANA.

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

  • GEODETIC COORDINATES ARE FOR APPROXIMATE CENTER OF SALAR.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sodium Primary
Halite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Halite Gangue

Analytical data

Result SPRING THAT FEEDS SALAR (USGS ANALYSIS): PH 6.0, 40XC, 3200 PPB B, 117 PPM CA, 73 PPM K, 190 PPB LI, 68.7 PPM MG, 236 PPM NA, 85.6 PPM SI, 550 PPM SR, 70 PPB V.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 259
USGS model code 35b
Deposit model name Evaporite (playa)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.45895, -20.83564
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on development

  • DEPOSIT IS INTERMITTENTLY WORKED BY PEASANTS FROM SAN PEDRO QUEMEZ

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

    FIELD INVESTIGATIONS, 1990, USGS.GEOBOL

  • Deposit

    SITE VISIT, AUGUST 1990, USGS/GEOBOL PERSONNE

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1990 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1991 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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