Caballo Jihuata Occurrence

Past Producer in Oruro, Bolivia with commodities Sodium, Cobalt
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006077
MRDS ID BL10375
Record type Site
Current site name Caballo Jihuata Occurrence
Alternate or previous names Salitrales Caballo Jihuata, Salar De Coipasa

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.95783, -19.52261 (WGS84)
Elevation 3657
Relative position 8 KM N65E OF TAUCA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Oruro(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Federal lands

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia Oruro

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sodium Tertiary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Trona Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.95783, -19.52261

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Salar De Coipasa

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BALLIVIAN, O., AND RISACHER, F., 1981, LOS SALARES DEL ALTIPLANO BOLIVIANO: PARIS, 0RSTOM, 276P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1990 Long, K.R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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