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Laguna Capina Sur

Producer in Potosi, Bolivia with commodities Boron-Borates, Bromine, Lithium, Potassium, Halite
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  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086919
MRDS ID BL10030
Record type Site
Current site name Laguna Capina Sur
Alternate or previous names Capina, Boratera De Capina, Laguna Capina, Kapina

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.5717, -21.92255 (WGS84)
Elevation 4480
Relative position 31 KM S OF ESTANCIA LAS JUNTAS.

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

  • S OF CERRO SAN BARTOLOME.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Boron-Borates Primary
Bromine Tertiary
Lithium Critical Tertiary
Potassium Tertiary
Halite Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • RISACHER AND MIRANDA (1976) FOUND THAT THE LITHIUM CONTENT OF THE CLAYS AND BORATES EXCEEDED THAT OF THE BRINE. THEY ALSO FOUND THAT THE BORON CONTENT OF THE EVAPORITIC PRECIPITATES AND LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTS EXCEEDED THAT OF THE BRINE BY AT LEAST AN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Brine Ore
Ulexite Ore
Limestone Gangue

Analytical data

Result BRINE ANALYSES BY BALLIVIAN AND RISACHER (1981): PH 8.60, CL 17.3 G/L, SO4 192 MG/L, B 280 MG/L, SIO2 73 MG/L, NA 8.5 G/L, K 1.46 G/L, LI 193 MG/L, CA 800 MG/L, MG 260 MG/L

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 260
USGS model code 35b.3
Deposit model name Lacustrine borates

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.5717, -21.92255
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Closed, Semi-Closed Basin

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cia Minera Tierra

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 100HA
    Overall depth 1M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEPOSIT IS 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, 246P.

  • Deposit

    RISACHER, F., AND MIRANDA, J., 1976, INDICIOS DE INTERES ECONOMICO EN LOS SALARES DEL SUD LIPEZ: LA PAZ, BOLIVIA, UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRES - L'OFFICE DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE ET TECHNIQUE OUTRE-MER INFORME, 8 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGIC AND ECONOMIC EVALUATION BY BALLIVIAN AND RISACHER (1981)

  • Deposit

    SITE VISIT BY G.J. ORRIS AND S. ASHER-BOLINDER OF USGS AND J.E. SORIA E. AND RENE ENRIQUEZ R. OF GEOBOL IN AUGUST, 1990.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS A SALINE LAKE-PLAYA 8 SQUARE KM IN AREA WITH AN AVERAGE DEPTH OF 20 CM AND A VOLUME OF 1,600,000 CUBIC METERS. ULEXITE FORMS A LAYER UP TO 60 CM THICK AND LOCALLY CONTAINS AS MUCH AS 50% MUDSTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1990 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Editor 27-APR-1995 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

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

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