Mine detail: Laguna Cachi Deposit

Previously called 'Cachi Laguna'

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Location: Potosi, Bolivia, South America
Lat / long: -21.72672, -67.94116
dep_id: 10005860
mrds_id: BL10026
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Sodium, Cobalt
Trace mineral: Halite, Lithium, Boron-Borates, Molybdenum, Tungsten, Arsenic
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Brine, Halite, Trona, Ulexite
work_type: Surface
model: 267: Lithium-rich playa brines
conc_proc: Evaporation
ore_ctrl: Alkaline Lake
Reporter: Long, Keith R., Orris, Greta J., Mosier, Dan
hrock_type: Evaporite
arock_type: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
tectonic: Internal Drainage Basin
yr_lst_prd: 1960
References:
  • 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
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