Mine detail: Arituzar

Previously called 'AritusiaAritusaAlumbrioAlumbrilloArethusa'

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Location

Lat / long: -22.98752, -66.50112

Resource(N)

Primary: Boron-Borates
Tertiary: Travertine
Ore: Ulexite
Gangue: Travertine

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Acoite Formation
Host type:Shale,Siltstone,Sandstone
Associated type:Dacite
Tectonic:Puna

References

MRDSAR08059
DEP10004443
Reference{Deposit:: TURNER, J.C.M., 1982, DESCRIPCION GEOLOGICA DE LA HOJA 3AB, MINA PIRQUITAS: SERVICIO GEOLOGICO NACIONAL BOLETIN NO. 187, P. 48.}{Deposit:: ALONSO, R.N., 1986, OCCURRENCE, STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION, AND GENESIS OF THE BORATE DEPOSITS OF THE PUNA REGION OF ARGENTINA: SALTA, UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA, UNPUBLISHED PH.D DISSERTATION, 196 P.}{Deposit:: MUESSIG, SIEGFRIED, 1966, RECENT SOUTH AMERICAN BORATE DEPOSITS, IN RAU, J.L., ED., SECOND SYMPOSIUM ON SALT: CLEVELAND, OHIO, THE NORTHERN OHIO GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, INC., V.1, P. 151-159.}{Deposit:: ALONSO, R.N., AND VIRAMONTE, J.G., 1985, PROVINCIA BORATIFERA CENTROANDINA: ANTOFAGASTA, IV CONGRESSO GEOLOGICAO CHILENO, V. 2(3), P. 45-61.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Reserve-Resource:: ALONSO, 1986.}
ReporterOrris, Greta J., Sow, Thierno