| Deposit ID | 10005846 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | BL10005 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Salar De Uyuni Deposit |
| Alternate or previous names | Costra De Sal Del Salar De Uyuni |
| Related records | 60000727, 10005858 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -67.99949, -19.99759 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 3653 |
| Relative position | EASTERN EDGE OF THE SALAR DE UYUNI IS 4 KM WEST OF UYUNI |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Potosi(province)
Bolivia(country)
South America(continent)
Land(continent)
Federal lands
Federal(land status)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| Bolivia | Potosi |
| Bolivia | Oruro |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Halite | Primary |
| Potassium | Tertiary |
| Gypsum-Anhydrite | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gypsum | Ore |
| Halite | Ore |
| Sylvite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Result | SEE RETTIG, ET. AL., 1980 |
|---|---|
| Result | BALLIVIAN AND RISACHER, 1981 FOR BRINE ANALYSES |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -67.99949, -19.99759 |
|---|
| General form | DRY LAKE BED |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 10M |
| Length | 150000M |
| Width | 140000M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Depth to bottom | 10M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discoverer | Native Americans |
| Ownership category | Federal |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Complejo Industrial De Los Recursos Evaporiticos Del Salar De Uyuni |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | BL10005 |
BALLIVIAN, O., AND RISACHER, F., 1981, LOS SALARES DEL ALTIPLANO BOLIVIANO, METODOS DE ESTUDIO Y ESTIMACION ECONOMICA: PARIS, OFFICE DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE ET TECHNIQUE OUTRE-MER, 246P.
ERICKSEN, G.E., AND VINE, J.D., 1976, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE LITHIUM-RICH BRINES AT SALAR DE UYUNI AND NEARBY SALARS IN SOUTHWESTERN BOLIVIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT 76-XXX, P.
RISACHER, F., AND MIRANDA, J., 1976, INDICIOS DE INTERES ECONOMICO EN LOS SALRES DEL SUD-LIPEZ: LA PAZ, UMSA-ORSTOM UNPUBLISHED REPORT
RISACHER, F., MIRANDA, J., AND CARLO, L., 1976, LITIO Y POTASIO EN LAS BORATERAS DE RIO GRANDE: LA PAZ, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, UMSA-ORSTOM
CIMRI
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT IS FLAT LYING CONSISTING OF A POROUS SALT CRUST UP TO 10 M THICK. A DIAMOND DRILL HOLE NEAR ISLA DE PESCADP PENETRATED 15 M OF SALT CRUST AND BOTTOMED IN BRINE SATURATED LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTS AT 150 M. IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE SALAR THE CRUST CAN BE A THIN AS 50 CM. |
| Deposit | LI-B-K BRINES ARE DESCRIBED SEPARATELY IN MRDS RECORDS BL10022 (SALMUERA DEL RIO GRANDE) AND BL10021 (SALMUERAS DEL SALAR DE UYUNI) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1990 | Long, K.R. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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