Mine detail: Laguna Chulluncani

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Location: Potosi, Bolivia, South America
Lat / long: -21.54339, -67.88282
dep_id: 10005863
mrds_id: BL10031
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Sodium
Trace mineral: Lithium, Potassium, Boron-Borates
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Brine
conc_proc: Evaporation
Reporter: Long, Keith R., Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Lake Sediments
tectonic: Internal Drainage Basin
References:
  • Deposit:: BALLIVIAN, O., AND RISACHER, F., 1981, LOS SALARES DEL ALTIPLANO DE BOLIVIA; METODOS DE ESTUDIO Y EVALUACION ECONOMICA: PARIS, OFFICE DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE ET ECONOMIQUE OUTRE-MER, 246P.
  • Deposit:: RISACHER, FRANCOIS, AND FRITZ, BERTRAND, 1991, GEOCHEMISTRY OF BOLIVIAN SALARS, LIPEZ, SOUTHERN ALTIPLANO: ORIGIN OF SOLUTES AND BRINE EVOLUTION: GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA, V. 55, P. 687-705.
  • Deposit:: GEOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC EVALUATION BY BALLIVIAN AND RISACHER (1981
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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