Mine detail: Salmuera Del Rio Grande Deposit

Previously called 'Salar De Uyuni'

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Location

Lat / long: -20.64758, -67.31615

Resource(B)

Primary: Lithium, Potassium, Boron-Borates
Ore: Brine, Ulexite
Gangue: Halite
Discovery year: 1975

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Evaporite
Tectonic:Internal Drainage Basin

References

MRDSBL10022
DEP10005857
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:: ERICKSON, 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, IN PENNER, S.S., ED., LITHIUM NEEDS AND RESOURCES: PERGAMON PRESS, OXFORD, P. 355-363.}{Deposit:: RISACHER, F., MIRANDA, J., AND CARLO, L., 1977, LITIO Y POTASIO EN LAS BORATERAS DE RIO GRANDE: LA PAZ, BOLIVIA, UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRES -*FFICE DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE ET TECHNIQUE OUTRE-MER INFORME, 3 P.}{Deposit:: BRINE ANALYSES AND GEOLOGICAL STUDIES BY ERICKSON ET. AL., 1978}{Deposit:: GEOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC EVALUATION BY BALLIVIAN AND RISACHER (1981)}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
ReporterLong, Keith R., Orris, Greta J.