Description
Native Americans
Commodities
PrimaryHalite
TertiaryPotassium, Gypsum-Anhydrite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formDRY LAKE BED
Materials
Ore mineralsGypsum, Halite, Sylvite
GangueCalcite
Geology
Host rockEvaporite
Tectonic settingInternal Drainage Basin
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10005846
MRDS IDBL10005
Alternate namesCostra De Sal Del Salar De Uyuni
RegionSA
Data scoreC
Coordinates-19.99759, -67.99949
References
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.ERICKSEN, G.E., AND VINE, J.D., 1976, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE LITHIUM-RICH BRINES AT SALAR DE UYUNI AND NEARBY SALARS IN SOUTHWESTERN BOLIVIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT 76-XXX, P.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: ENERBY, V. 3, P. 355-363.RISACHER, F., AND MIRANDA, J., 1976, INDICIOS DE INTERES ECONOMICO EN LOS SALRES DEL SUD-LIPEZ: LA PAZ, UMSA-ORSTOM UNPUBLISHED REPORTRISACHER, F., MIRANDA, J., AND CARLO, L., 1976, LITIO Y POTASIO EN LAS BORATERAS DE RIO GRANDE: LA PAZ, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, UMSA-ORSTOMRETTIG, S.L., JONES, B.F., AND RISACHER, R., 1980, GEOCHEMICAL EVOLUTION OF BRINES IN THE SALAR OF UYUNI, BOLIVIA: CHEMICAL GEOLOGYCIMRI