Mine detail: Rio Grande Deposit

Previously called 'Boratera Pampa'

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Location

Lat / long: -20.72425, -67.24976

Resource(N)

Primary: Boron-Borates
Tertiary: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Halite, Bromine
Ore: Ulexite
Gangue: Clay, Gypsum, Halite, Pyroxene, Tourmaline
Orebody form: LENSOID, STRATABOUND

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host type:Clay, Mud
Associated type:Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Structure:Internal Drainage Basin, Fluvial-Deltaic Complex
Tectonic:Altiplano

References

MRDSBL10359
DEP10006065
Reference{Deposit:: BALLIVIAN, O., AND RISACHER, F., 1981, LOS SALARES DEL ALTIPLANO BOLIVIANO: PARIS, ORSTOM, 246P.}{Deposit:: CADIMA, J., AND LAFUENTE, F., 1969, PROSPECCION GENERAL DE ALGUNAS BORATERAS PARTICULARES RIO GRANDE Y LLIPI LLIPI: SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA INFORME GB-M-647, 36P.}{Deposit:: SUAREZ, MILTON, CLARI, RENZO, FRANCESCHINI, GIOVANNI, PRINCIVALLI, M.M., AND ARIAS, FREDDY, 1993, RESULTADOS DE LA PRIMERA FASE DE EXPLORACION DE ULEXITA EN EL DELTA DE RIO GRANDE, SALAR DE UYUNI, BOLIVIA: BOLETIN DEL SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA 1, ANO 1993, P. 109-116.}{Deposit:: GEOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF BORATE CONCESSION (CADIMA AND LAFUENTE, 1969}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Reserve-Resource:: CADIMA AND LAFUENTE (1969); THE SECOND AND THIRD FIGURES ARE FROM SUAREZ AND OTHERS, 1993.}
ReporterLong, K.R., Orris, Greta J.