Mine detail: Laguna Coruto

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Location: Potosi, Bolivia, South America
Lat / long: -22.42671, -66.99945
dep_id: 10005842
mrds_id: BL00065
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Bromine, Boron-Borates, Lithium
Trace mineral: Strontium, Nickel, Halite, Gypsum-Anhydrite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Brine, Ulexite
gangue: Gypsum, Halite
Reporter: Enriquez, Rene, Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Lake Sediments
arock_type: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Dacite
References:
  • Deposit:: ALONSO, R.N., AND VIRAMONTE, J.G., 1985, PROVINCIA BORATIFERA CENTROANDINA, IN ACTAS -- IV CONGRESO GEOLOGICO CHILENO: ANTOFAGASTO, CHILE, UNIVERSIDAD DEL NORTE CHILE, P. 3.45-3.44.
  • Deposit:: ORRIS, G.J., AND ENRIQUEZ, RENE, 1990, SITE VISIT.
  • Deposit:: SHORT SITE VISIT BY G.J. ORRIS (USGS) AND RENE ENRIQUEZ (GEOBOL) IN AUGUST, 1990
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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