Mine detail: Salar De Chiguana

Previously called 'Boratera La Carrillana'

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Location: Potosi, Bolivia, South America
Lat / long: -21.1309, -68.04533
dep_id: 10005870
mrds_id: BL10044
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Boron-Borates
Trace mineral: Halite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Halite, Ulexite
model: 259: Evaporite (playa)
conc_proc: Evaporation
Reporter: Orris, Greta J., Long, Keith R.
hrock_type: Evaporite
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:: ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., 1993, THE ECONOMICS OF BORON, 7TH ED.: LONDON, ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., 156 P.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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