Laguna Kollpa

Producer in Potosi, Bolivia with commodities Sodium, Cobalt, Bromine, Potassium
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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100644
MRDS ID BL10024
Record type Site
Current site name Laguna Kollpa
Alternate or previous names Collpa Laguna

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.41058, -22.46976 (WGS84)
Elevation 4150
Relative position 16 KM S10W 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

  • SOUTHWEST OF LAGUNA HEDIONDA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sodium Primary
Cobalt Critical Primary
Bromine Secondary
Potassium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CHEMISTRY IN THIS LAKE IS UNUSUALLY CONSISTENT.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Brine Ore
Sylvite Ore
Trona Ore
Calcite Gangue
Illite Gangue

Analytical data

Result WATER ANALYSES BY BALLIVIAN AND RISACHER (1981) DENSITY 1.032 TO 1.037, PH 10.8, C03 14 TO 16 G/L, HCO3 615 TO 616 MG/L, CL 5.47 TO 6.67 G/L, SO4 438 TO 466 MG/L, SIO2 132 TO 153 MG/L, B 75 TO 96 MG/L, P 2.2 TO 4.9 MG/L, NA 15 TO 17.1 G/L, K 1.05 TO 1.27 G/L, LI 0.5 MG/L, CA 6.8 TO 7.8 MG/L, MG 3.1 MG/L. WATER ANALYSIS BY AHLFELD ET AL (1964): 6% NASCO3, 2.6% NACL 0.5% ORGANIC MATTER.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 267
USGS model code 35b.13 (35bm)
Deposit model name Lithium-rich playa brines

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Lake Sediments

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.41058, -22.46976

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BRINE
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ALKALINE LAKE IS FLOORED BY IMPERMEABLE LAYER OF ILLITE CLAY WITH CALCITE WITH A FRESH WATER AQUIFER UNDERNEATH.

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 Operator
    Owner Local Peasants Harvest Trona On Frozen Lake Bed During Winter.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Corporacion Minera De Bolivia (Comibol)

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ASSUMES 66% TRONA, 34% IMPURITIES (28% NACL, KCL; 6% SULFATES, BICARBONATES AND BORATES OF NA, K)

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: PLANT PRODUCES UP TO 20 MT TRONA PER MONTH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    AHLFELD, A., AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1964, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBUROS DE BOLIVIA: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA BOLETIN 5, P. 328.

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL STUDY BY BALLIVIAN AND RISACHER (1981

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LAKE IS 900,000 SQUARE METERS IN AREA WITH AN AVERAGE DEPTH OF 1.5 M. IN THE WINTER, TRONA FORMS RAFTS WITHIN THE LAKE BRINE.

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.