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Laguna Busch O Kalina

Occurrence in Potosi, Bolivia with commodities Bromine, Potassium, Lithium, Boron-Borates, Strontium, Sodium
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005839
MRDS ID BL00062
Record type Site
Current site name Laguna Busch O Kalina

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.21197, -22.60725 (WGS84)
Elevation 4530

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Potosi(province)

Bolivia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Bolivia Potosi

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS FOR APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE LAGUNA. THE DRAINAGE BASIN IS 266 SQ KM IN AREA, THE SALAR HAS AN AREA OF 21 SQ KM, AND THE WATER SURFACE AREA IS 17 SQ KM.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bromine Primary
Potassium Tertiary
Lithium Critical Tertiary
Boron-Borates Tertiary
Strontium Tertiary
Sodium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Brine Ore

Analytical data

Result A SINGLE SAMPLE OF TURBID LAKE WATER COLLECTED IN AUGUST, 1990 RAN 500 PPM B, 200 PPM LI, 20 PPM SR, 1110 PPM K, 2780 PPM NA, 526 PPM CA, 120 PPB TI, AND 130 PPB MO. BRINE CHEMISTRY INDICATES THAT THIS LAKE HAS A NA-CL-(SO4) BRINE (NA AND CL ARE GREATER THAN 25 MOLE PERCENT AND SO4 IS 5 TO 25 MOLE PERCENT). SEE RISACHER AND FRITZ (1991) FOR INFLOW WATER ANALYSES
Result THEY ALSO REPORT LAKE SURFACE WATER CHEMISTRY WHERE TEMP = 8.8 DEG C, PH = 8.3, AND DENSITY = 1.052 G/CUBIC CM.

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) -67.21197, -22.60725
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • DURING FIELDWORK IN AUGUST, 1990, THE LAKE ELEVATION WHEN MEASURED BY AN ALTIMETER UNCORRECTED FOR BAROMETRIC PRESSURE WAS 4445 M; A LOW TERRACE OF SAND WAS MEASURED AT 4446 M; A SECOND TERRACE OF SAND AND IGNIMBRITE REGISTERED AT 4450 M; THE THIRD TERRACE OF IGNIMBRITE-CEMENTED GRAVEL WAS AT 4482 M, AND A POSSIBLE FOURTH TERRACE REGISTERED AT 4485 M. CALCIUM CARBONATE CEMENT COATS GRAVEL SURFACE BETWEEN THE SECOND AND THIRD TERRACES; NONE WAS PRESENT ABOVE THE FOURTH TERRACE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

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General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LAGUNA BUSCH O KALINA HAS NO EVAPORITE PRECIPITATE AROUND OR ON THE EASTERN EXTREMES OF THE LAKE. RISACHER AND FRITZ CLASSIFY THIS SITE AS A LAKE WITH A MEAN DEPTH OF 0.6 M. THE WATER SAMPLE COLLECTED BY THE USGS WAS COLLECTED FROM THE EAST SIDE OF THE LAKE ON A WINDY DAY AND THE WATER WAS TURBID, YELLOW, OPAQUE, AND WHITE-CAPPED. THE SAMPLE MAY HAVE BEEN CONTAMINATED BY SIGNIFICANT QUANTITIES OF LAKE-BOTTOM SEDIMENTS. A SAMPLE OF INFLOW WATER FROM CERRO COJINO AT THE EAST END OF THE LAKE WAS ACID (PH = 4.5) AND HAD A VERY LOW TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS CONTENT. THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER INLETS INTO THIS BASIN AND FOUR OLDER LAKE TERRACES CAN BE IDENTIFIED ON BASINAL SLOPES ABOVE THE LAGUNA. EXTENSIVE SALAR AREAS SHOW ON THE MAPS JUST TO THE SOUTHWEST OF LAGUNA BUSCH O KALINA; SMALLER SALAR AREAS RIM THE NORTHERNMOST SHORE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1990 Orris, Greta J. (Asher-Bolinder, Sigrid) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 03-MAY-1994 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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