Mine detail: Salmuera Del Rio Grande Deposit

Location:	Potosi, Bolivia, South America
Lat / long:	-20.64758, -67.31615
dep_id:	10005857
mrds_id:	BL10022
Commodity type:	metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Lithium, Potassium, Boron-Borates
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Occurrence
ore:	Brine, Ulexite
gangue:	Halite
model:	267: Lithium-rich playa brines
ore_ctrl:	Fluvial-Deltaic Complex
Reporter:	Long, Keith R., Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type:	Evaporite
tectonic:	Internal Drainage Basin
disc_yr:	1975
discr:	U.S. Geological Survey/Servicio Geologico De Bolivia
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:: 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