Mine detail: Salar De Uyuni Deposit

Previously called 'Costra De Sal Del Salar De Uyuni'

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Location

Lat / long: -19.99759, -67.99949

Resource(N)

Primary: Halite
Tertiary: Potassium, Gypsum-Anhydrite
Ore: Gypsum, Halite, Sylvite
Gangue: Calcite
Orebody form: DRY LAKE BED

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host type:Evaporite
Tectonic:Internal Drainage Basin

References

MRDSBL10005
DEP10005846
Reference{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RISACHER, F., AND MIRANDA, J., 1976, INDICIOS DE INTERES ECONOMICO EN LOS SALRES DEL SUD-LIPEZ: LA PAZ, UMSA-ORSTOM UNPUBLISHED REPORT}{Deposit:: RISACHER, F., MIRANDA, J., AND CARLO, L., 1976, LITIO Y POTASIO EN LAS BORATERAS DE RIO GRANDE: LA PAZ, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, UMSA-ORSTOM}{Deposit:: RETTIG, S.L., JONES, B.F., AND RISACHER, R., 1980, GEOCHEMICAL EVOLUTION OF BRINES IN THE SALAR OF UYUNI, BOLIVIA: CHEMICAL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}
ReporterLong, K.R.