Mine detail: Laguna Chiar Kkota

Previously called 'Chiar Kkota'

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Location

Lat / long: -21.58089, -68.06616

Resource(B)

Primary: Halite, Bromine
Tertiary: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Boron-Borates, Lithium, Sulfur, Potassium
Ore: Brine, Gypsum, Halite, Sulfur, Sylvite, Ulexite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

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

References

MRDSBL10034
DEP10005864
Reference{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}
ReporterLong, Keith R., Orris, Greta J., Mosier, Dan