Mine detail: Laguna Kollpa

Previously called 'Collpa Laguna'

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Location

Lat / long: -22.46976, -67.41058

Resource(B)

Primary: Sodium, Cobalt
Secondary: Bromine
Tertiary: Potassium
Ore: Brine, Sylvite, Trona
Gangue: Calcite, Illite
Orebody form: BRINE

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Lake Sediments
Associated type:Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Tectonic:Internal Drainage Basin

References

MRDSBL10024
DEP10100644
Reference{Deposit:: BALLIVIAN, O., AND RISACHER, F., 1981, LOS SALARES DEL ALTIPLANO BOLIVIANO, METODOS DE ESTUDIO Y ESTIMACION ECONOMICA: PARIS, OFFICE DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE ET TECHNIQUE OUTRE-MER, 246P.}{Deposit:: AHLFELD, A., AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1964, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBUROS DE BOLIVIA: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA BOLETIN 5, P. 328.}{Deposit:: GEOLOGICAL STUDY BY BALLIVIAN AND RISACHER (1981}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
ReporterLong, Keith R., Orris, Greta J.