Mine detail: Monte Blanco Prospect

Previously called 'Includes Monte Blanco 1And 3 Claims'

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Location: Salta, Argentina, South America
Lat / long: -24.64889, -66.67862
dep_id: 10005308
mrds_id: AR15115
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Boron-Borates
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Inyoite
gangue: Gypsum, Travertine
model: 260: Lacustrine borates
Reporter: Long, Keith R., Orris, Greta J.
hrock_unit: Sijes Formation
hrock_type: Claystone,Sandstone,Tuff
tectonic: Puna
References:
  • Deposit:: TURNER, JCM, 1964, DESCRIPCION GEOLOGICA DE LA HOJA 7C-NEVADO DE CACHI: DNGM BOL. 99, P. 78.
  • Deposit:: SCHALAMUK, ISIDORO, FERNANDEZ, RAUL, AND ETCHEVERRY, RICARDO, 1983, LOS YACIMIENTOS DE MINERALES NO METALIFEROS Y ROCAS DE APLICACION DE LA REGION NOA: SUBSECRETARIA DE MINERIA, ANALES XX, 208 P.
  • 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POSITION, AND GENESIS OF THE BORATE DEPOSITS OF THE PUNA REGION OF ARGENTINA: SALTA, UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA, UNPUBLISHED PH.D DISSERTATION, 196 P.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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