Challviri Pampa North Occurrence

Occurrence in Potosi, Bolivia with commodity Boron-Borates
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086975
MRDS ID BL10393
Record type Site
Current site name Challviri Pampa North Occurrence
Alternate or previous names Salar De Challviri

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.58281, -22.46421 (WGS84)
Elevation 4400
Relative position 19 KM S75E OF CAMPAMENTO SOL DE MA%ANA

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Boron-Borates Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Borax Ore
Colemanite Ore
Ulexite Ore
Clay Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.58281, -22.46421

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Salar De Challviri

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1981
    Total resources 3000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Boron-Borates B2O3 61 wt-pct Boron Trace 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BALLIVIAN, O., AND RISACHER, R., 1985, LOS SALARES DEL ALTIPLANO BOLIVIANO: PARIS AND LA PAZ, ORSTOM/UMSA, 247P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    BALLIVIAN AND RISACHER (1981)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BORAX FOUND IN LENSES OF VARIABLE THICKNESS IN LAKE MUDS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1990 Long, K.R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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