Mine detail: Laguna Canapa Norte

Previously called 'CanapaLaguna Canapa'

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Location

Lat / long: -21.49756, -68.00782

Resource(B)

Primary: Sodium
Secondary: Lithium, Potassium
Tertiary: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Halite
Ore: Brine, Mirabilite
Gangue: Gypsum, Halite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host type:Brine
Associated type:Intermediate Volcanic Rock
Tectonic:Internal Drainage Basin

References

MRDSBL10032
DEP10090398
Reference{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:: RISACHER, FRANCOIS, AND FRITZ, BERTRAND, 1991, GEOCHEMISTRY OF BOLIVIAN SALARS, LIPEZ, SOUTHERN ALTIPLANO: ORIGIN OF SOLUTES AND BRINE EVOLUTION: GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA, V. 55, P. 687-705.}{Deposit:: RISACHER, F., AND MIRANDA, J., 1976, INDICIOS DE INTERES ECONOMICO EN LOS SALARES DEL SUD LIPEZ: LA PAZ, UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRES -*FFICE DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE ET TECHNIQUE OUTRE-MER INFORME, 3 P.}{Deposit:: GEOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC EVALUATION BY BALLIVIAN AND RISACHER (1981}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
ReporterLong, Keith R., Orris, Greta J., Mosier, Dan