Mine detail: Salar De Coipasa

Previously called 'Boratera De Sabaya'

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Location

Lat / long: -19.36428, -68.13283

Resource(B)

Primary: Bromine, Boron-Borates, Halite
Tertiary: Lithium, Potassium, Diatomite, Gypsum-Anhydrite
Ore: Halite, Ulexite
Gangue: Clay, Diatomite, Gypsum
Discovery year: 1976

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Clay, Mud
Tectonic:Internal Drainage Basin

References

MRDSBL10040
DEP10086922
Reference{Deposit:: ERICKSEN, G.E., VINE, J.D., AND BALLON, R., 1978, CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND DISTRIBUTION OF LITHIUM-RICH BRINES IN SALAR DE UYUNI AND NEARBY SALARS IN SOUTHWESTERN BOLIVIA: ENERGY, V. 3, P. 355-363.}{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:: ERICKSEN, G.E., VINE, J.D., AND BALLON, R., 1977, LITHIUM-RICH BRINES AT SALAR DE UYUNI AND NEARBY SALARS IN SOUTHWESTERN BOLIVIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 77-615, 47P.}{Deposit:: RETTIG, S.L., JONES, B.F., AND RISACHER, F., 1980, GEOCHEMICAL EVOLUTION OF BRINES IN THE SALAR OF UYUNI, BOLIVIA: CHEMICAL GEOLOGY, V. 30, P. 57-79}{Deposit:: RISACHER, F., 1984, ORIGINE DES CONCENTRATIONS EXTREMES EN BORE ET EN LITHIUM DANS LES SAUMURES DE *LTIPLANO BOLIVIEN: ACADEMIE DES SCIENCES DE FRANCE COMTES-RENDUS DE SEANCES, SER. 2, V. 299, P. 701-706.}{Deposit:: FIELD AND LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS BY USGS/GEOBOL (ERICKSEN ET AL, 1977; RETTIG ET AL, 1980)}{Deposit:: FIELD AND LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS BY USGS/GEOBOL PERSONNEL 1990}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
ReporterLong, Keith R., Orris, Greta J., Mosier, Dan