Mine detail: Laguna Colorada

Location:	Potosi, Bolivia, South America
Lat / long:	-22.18643, -67.77448
dep_id:	10005871
mrds_id:	BL10045
Commodity type:	metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Sodium, Cobalt
Minor mineral:	Halite, Bromine, Boron-Borates
Trace mineral:	Diatomite
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Occurrence
ore:	Brine, Halite, Mirabilite, Trona, Ulexite
gangue:	Clay, Diatomite
conc_proc:	Evaporation
Reporter:	Long, Keith R., Orris, Greta J., Mosier, Dan
hrock_type:	Diatomite
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:: CAMACHO M., EDUARDO, 1971, ESTUDIO GEOLOGICO DE LAGUNA COLORADA, LIPEZ, POTOSI: LA PAZ, UMSA, TESIS DE GRADO Deposit:: CORTEZ, L., 1968, INFORME DEL MUESTRO DEL YACIMIENTO SALINO EN LAGUNA COLORADA CONCESION ROSE MARIA: SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA INFORME GB-M-627, 4P. Deposit:: FIELD/LAB INVESTIGATIONS, 1990, USGS/GEOBO Other Database:: CIMRI