Mine detail: Laguna Chiar Kkota

Previously called 'Chiar Kkota'

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Location: Potosi, Bolivia, South America
Lat / long: -21.58089, -68.06616
dep_id: 10005864
mrds_id: BL10034
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Halite, Bromine
Trace mineral: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Boron-Borates, Lithium, Sulfur, Potassium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Brine, Gypsum, Halite, Sulfur, Sylvite, Ulexite
model: 267: Lithium-rich playa brines
conc_proc: Evaporation
ore_ctrl: Closed, Semi-Closed Basin
Reporter: Long, Keith R., Orris, Greta J., Mosier, Dan
hrock_type: Evaporite
arock_type: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
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 TECHNIQUE OUTRE-MER, 246 P.
  • Deposit:: RISACHER, FRANCOIS, 1976, RECONOCIMIENTO DE ALGUNOS SALARES DEL ALTIPLANO BOLIVIANO: LA PAZ, BOLIVIA, UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRES - *FFICE DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE ET TECHNIQUE OUTRE-MER INFORME, 8 P.
  • 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:: 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:: A SHORT 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.
  • Deposit:: GEOLOGIC AND ECONOMIC EVALUATION BY BALLIVIAN AND RISACHER (1981)
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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