Mine detail: Salar De Uyuni Deposit

Previously called 'Costra De Sal Del Salar De Uyuni'

Location:	Potosi, Oruro, Bolivia, South America
Lat / long:	-19.99759, -67.99949
dep_id:	10005846
mrds_id:	BL10005
Commodity type:	nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Halite
Trace mineral:	Potassium, Gypsum-Anhydrite
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Occurrence
ore:	Gypsum, Halite, Sylvite
gangue:	Calcite
orebody_fm:	DRY LAKE BED
conc_proc:	Solar Evaporation
Reporter:	Long, K.R.
hrock_type:	Evaporite
tectonic:	Internal Drainage Basin
discr:	Native Americans
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:: ERICKSEN, G.E., AND VINE, J.D., 1976, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE LITHIUM-RICH BRINES AT SALAR DE UYUNI AND NEARBY SALARS IN SOUTHWESTERN BOLIVIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT 76-XXX, P. Deposit:: ERICKSEN, G.E., VINE, J.D., AND BALLON, R., 1978, CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND DISTRIBUTION OF LITHIUM-RICH BRINES IN SALAR DE UYUNI AND NEARBY SALARS IN SOUTHWESTERN BOLIVIA: ENERBY, V. 3, P. 355-363. Deposit:: RISACHER, F., AND MIRANDA, J., 1976, INDICIOS DE INTERES ECONOMICO EN LOS SALRES DEL SUD-LIPEZ: LA PAZ, UMSA-ORSTOM UNPUBLISHED REPORT Deposit:: RISACHER, F., MIRANDA, J., AND CARLO, L., 1976, LITIO Y POTASIO EN LAS BORATERAS DE RIO GRANDE: LA PAZ, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, UMSA-ORSTOM Deposit:: RETTIG, S.L., JONES, B.F., AND RISACHER, R., 1980, GEOCHEMICAL EVOLUTION OF BRINES IN THE SALAR OF UYUNI, BOLIVIA: CHEMICAL GEOLOGY Other Database:: CIMRI