Mine detail: Salar De La Laguna

Previously called 'Boratera La Laguna'

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Location: Potosi, Bolivia, South America
Lat / long: -20.83564, -68.45895
dep_id: 10005868
mrds_id: BL10042
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Sodium
Trace mineral: Halite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
gangue: Halite
model: 259: Evaporite (playa)
conc_proc: Evaporation
Reporter: Long, Keith R., Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Evaporite
arock_type: Pyroclastic Rock
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, 246P.
  • Deposit:: FIELD INVESTIGATIONS, 1990, USGS.GEOBOL
  • Deposit:: SITE VISIT, AUGUST 1990, USGS/GEOBOL PERSONNE
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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