Lagunas Pastos Grandes

potash-bearing brine in Bolivia

Geologic information

CountryBolivia
Location:-67.7944, -21.6417
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Site typearea
Deposit typepotash-bearing brine
Evaporite basinPastos Grandes
Basin typecontinental closed basin
Age
Cenozoic
Quaternary
Minimum:Cenozoic-Quaternary
Maximum:Cenozoic-Quaternary
Commodities
Minerals
Potassium minerals:
Other minerals:
Lithology
Geologic map unit-67.7944, -21.6417
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Economic information

Thickness0.15m
Depth0.7m
Production
StatusSmall Production

Reference information

References

Ballivian, O., and Risacher, F., 1981, Los salares del Altiplano de Bolivia; Metodos de studio y estimacion economica [The salt flats of Bolivia’s Altiplano, methods of study and economic assessment]: Paris and La Paz, l’Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique Outre-Mer and Universidad Mayor de San Andres, 246 p.
Risacher, F., and Miranda, J., 1976, Indicios de interees economico en los salares del Sud Lipez [Signs of economic interest in the salt mines of Sud Lipez]: La Paz, Boliva, Universidad Mayor de San Andres and l’Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique Outre-Mer, 8 p.