| Deposit ID | 10006350 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | BL20354 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Esperanza Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -64.17023, -21.49755 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 5 KM BY ROAD SSE OF ENTRE RIOS |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Tarija(province)
Bolivia(country)
South America(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| Bolivia | Tarija |
| Bolivia | Tarija |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Halite | Primary |
| Gypsum-Anhydrite | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Halite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite |
| Rock unit name | Ipaguazu |
| Rock description | Ipaguazu |
| (1) | -64.17023, -21.49755 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | BL20354 |
GONZALES, A., AND SILES, O., 1983, ROCK SALT DEPOSITS EVALUATION: GEOBOL INFORME (GE-G1/116)
CIMRI
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | IRREGULAR SALT BODY WITH INTERBEDDED CLAY LAYERS. |
| Deposit | LONG, KEITH R.; HINOJOSA, A. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1990 | Calderon, Raul | Servicio Geologic de Bolivia | 001822BL10080 |
| Updater | 01-DEC-1993 | Long, Keith R. | U.S. Geological Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.