Herrera Pampa Occurrence

Occurrence in Potosi, Bolivia with commodity Boron-Borates
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. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006089
MRDS ID BL10397
Record type Site
Current site name Herrera Pampa Occurrence
Alternate or previous names Salar De Challviri

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.54115, -22.57254 (WGS84)
Elevation 4400
Relative position 28 KM S55E OF CAMPAMENTO SOL DE MA%ANA

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Boron-Borates Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Colemanite Ore
Ulexite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Lake Sediments
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.54115, -22.57254

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0.01M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Salar De Challviri

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BALLIVIAN, O., AND RISACHER, R., 1981, LOS SALARES DEL ALTIPLANO BOLIVIANO: PARIS AND LA PAZ, ORSTOM/UMSA, 247P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ULEXITE AND COLEMANITE FOUND 10 TO 27 CM BELOW SURFACE OF SALT CRUST

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.