Mine detail: Salmueras Del Salar De Uyuni Deposit

Previously called 'Salar Del Uyuni'

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Location

Lat / long: -19.99759, -67.99949

Resource(B)

Primary: Potassium, Magnesite, Boron-Borates, Lithium
Secondary: Halite
Ore: Brine
Orebody form: SALINE LAKE
Discovery year: 1975

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Evaporite
Structure:Possible N Trending Faults And Fractures
Tectonic:Internal Drainage Basin

References

MRDSBL10021
DEP10005858
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., 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: PERGAMON PRESS, OXFORD, P. 355-363.}{Deposit:: ERICKSEN, G.E., CHONG D., G., AND VILA G., T., 1976, LITHIUM RESOURCES OF SALARS IN THE CENTRAL ANDES, IN VINE, J.D., ED., LITHIUM RESOURCES AND REQUIREMENTS BY THE YEAR 2000: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 1005, P. 66-74}{Deposit:: ERICKSON, G.E., VINE, J.D., AND BALLON A., R., 1977, LITHIUM-RICH BRINES AT SALAR DE UYUNI AND NEARBY SALARS IN SOUTHWESTERN BOLIVIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 77-615, 47P.}{Deposit:: RETTIG, S.L., JONES, B.F., AND RISACHER, F., 1980, GEOCHEMICAL EVOLUTION OF BRINES IN THE SALAR OF UYUNI, BOLIVIA: CHEMICAL GEOLOGY, V. 30, P. 57-79.}{Deposit:: DAVIS, J.R., HOWARD, K.A., RETTIG, S.L., SMITH, R.L., ERICKSEN, G.E., RISACHER, F., ALARCON, H., AND MORALES, R., 1982, PROGRESS REPORT ON LITHIUM-RELATED GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS IN BOLIVIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 82-782, 17P.}{Deposit:: FIELD AND LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS BY ORSTOM (BALLIVIAN AND RISACHER, 1981)}{Deposit:: FIELD AND LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS BY USGS/GEOBOL IN 1976 (ERICKSEN ET AL, 1977) AND IN 1978 (DAVIS ET AL, 1982)}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
ReporterLong, Keith R., Mosier, Dan