Salar De Chiguana

Producer in Potosi, Bolivia with commodities Boron-Borates, Halite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005870
MRDS ID BL10044
Record type Site
Current site name Salar De Chiguana
Alternate or previous names Boratera La Carrillana

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -68.04533, -21.1309 (WGS84)
Elevation 3650
Relative position AT CHIGUANA.

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

  • NE OF VOLCAN OLLAGUE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Boron-Borates Primary
Halite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Halite Ore
Ulexite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 259
USGS model code 35b
Deposit model name Evaporite (playa)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -68.04533, -21.1309

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cia Minera Tierra
    First year 1993

Comments on the workings information

  • ULEXITE MINED BY TRACTOR.

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 LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE ET TECHNIQUE OUTRE-MER, 246 P.

  • Deposit

    ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., 1993, THE ECONOMICS OF BORON, 7TH ED.: LONDON, ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., 156 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

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.