Laguna Honda Sur

Occurrence in Potosi, Bolivia with commodities Sodium, Cobalt, Bromine
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. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005861
MRDS ID BL10028
Record type Site
Current site name Laguna Honda Sur
Alternate or previous names Laguna Honda

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.44948, -22.56698 (WGS84)
Elevation 4450
Relative position 28 KM S15W OF ESTANCIA LACHITA.

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

Comments on the location information

  • 3.5 KM W OF LAGUNA HUIRA SOKHA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sodium Primary
Cobalt Critical Primary
Bromine Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Brine Ore
Trona Ore

Analytical data

Result WATER ANALYSES BY BALLIVIAN AND RISACHER (1981): DENSITY 1.024, TDS 36.8 G/L, PH 9.88, CO3 2.29 G/L, HCO3 409 MG/L

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Brine
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.44948, -22.56698

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BALLIVIAN, O., AND RISACHER, F., 1981, LOS SALARES DEL ALTIPLANO DE BOLIVIA; METODOS DE ESTUDIO Y EVALUACION ECONOMICA: PARIS, OFFICE DE RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE ET TECHNIQUE OUTRE-MER, 246 P

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC EVALUATION BY BALLIVIAN AND RISACHER (1981

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS AN ALKALINE LAKE WITH SURFACE AREA OF 300,000 SQUARE M AND AVERAGE DEPTH OF 0.1 M.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1990 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1991 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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