Mine detail: Laguna Cachi Deposit

Previously called 'Cachi Laguna'

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Location

Lat / long: -21.72672, -67.94116

Resource(B)

Primary: Sodium, Cobalt
Tertiary: Halite, Lithium, Boron-Borates, Molybdenum, Tungsten, Arsenic
Ore: Brine, Halite, Trona, Ulexite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
Last production ended: 1960

Geology

Host type:Evaporite
Associated type:Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Tectonic:Internal Drainage Basin

References

MRDSBL10026
DEP10005860
Reference{Deposit:: BALLIVIAN, O., AND RISACHER, F., 1981, LOS SALARES DEL ALTIPLANO DE BOLIVIA; METODOS DE ESTUDIO Y ESTIMACION ECONOMICA: PARIS, OFFICE DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE ET TECHNIQUE OUTRE-MER, 246P.}{Deposit:: AHLFELD, F., AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1964, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBUROS DE BOLIVIA: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA BOLETIN 5, P. 328.}{Deposit:: RISACHER, F., SAMUEL, J., AND KREMPP, G., 1984, CONCENTRATIONS EXTREMES EN MOLYBDENE, TUNGSTENE ET ARSENIC DANS LES SAUMURES DUN LAC DE *LTIPLANO DE BOLIVIE: COMPTES RENDUS ACADEMIE SCIENCES PARIS, V. 299, SER. II, N. 19, P. 1325-1328.}{Deposit:: RISACHER, FRANCOIS, 1984, ORIGINE DES CONCENTRATIONS EXTREMES EN BORE ET EN LITHIUM DANS LES SAUMURES DE *LTIPLANO BOLIVIEN: ACADEMIE DE SCIENCES DE FRANCE COMTES-RENDUS, SERIE 2, V. 299, NO. 11, P. 701-706.}{Deposit:: RISACHER, F., AND MIRANDA, J., 1976, INDICIOS DE INTERES ECONOMICO EN LOS SALARES DEL SUD LIPEZ: LA PAZ, BOLIVIA, UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRES - *FFICE DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE ET TECHNIQUE OUTRE-MER INFORME, 8 P.}{Deposit:: GEOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC EVALUATION BY BALLIVIAN AND RISACHER (1981)}{Deposit:: SITE VISIT WAS MADE BY G.J. ORRIS AND S. ASHER-BOLINDER OF THE USGS AND J.E. SORIA E. AND RENE ENRIQUEZ R. OF GEOBOL IN AUGUST, 1990.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
ReporterLong, Keith R., Orris, Greta J., Mosier, Dan