Description
Spanish Colonists
Commodities
PrimaryHalite
TertiarySodium
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formBEDDED
Geology
Host rockEvaporite
Tectonic settingInternal Drainage Basin
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1575
Identification
Deposit ID10005964
MRDS IDBL10183
RegionSA
Data scoreC
Coordinates-20.31147, -66.97808
References
AHLFELD, F., AND SCHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1964, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBUROS DE BOLIVIA: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA BOLETIN 5, P. 327-328.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.CIMRI