Mine detail: Laguna Guayatayoc

Previously called 'Includes: Grupo Cordoba, Grupo Rosario, Grupo Tucuman,Grupo Salta, LudovicaBaratoyoc Mine, Eduardo, Federico, Grupo Buenos Aires, Grupo Jujuy,Laguna De Guayatayoc'

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Location

Lat / long: -23.24752, -65.83276

Resource(N)

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

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1904

Geology

Host type:Clay, Mud,Sand and Gravel
Associated type:Quartzite,Schist,Siltstone
Tectonic:Puna

References

MRDSI000312
DEP10023409
Reference{Deposit:: NORMAN, J.C., AND SANTINI, K.N., 1985, AN OVERVIEW OF OCCURRENCES AND ORIGIN OF SOUTH AMERICAN BORATE DEPOSITS WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE DEPOSIT AT LAGUNA SALINAS, PERU, IN BARKER, J.M., AND LEFOND, S.J., EDS., BORATES: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY AND PRODUCTION: NEW YORK, SOCIETY OF MINING ENGINEERS OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, INC., P. 53-69.}{Deposit:: CATALANO, L.R., 1964, BORO - BERILIO - LITIO (UNA NUEVA FUENTE NATURAL DE ENERGIA): ESTUDIOS DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA ECONOMICA SERIE ARGENTINA NO. 3, VARIOUSLY PAGED.}{Deposit:: RICCI, S.M., 1973, MAPA MINERO DE LAS PROVINCIAS DE JUJUY Y SALTA: MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA DE REPUBLICA ARGENTINA, ESCALA 1:750,000.}{Deposit:: SCHALAMUK, ISIDORO, FERNANDEZ, RAUL, AND ETCHEVERRY, RICARDO, 1983, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y NO METALIFEROS Y ROCAS DE APLICACION DE LA REGION NOA: MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA DE REPUBLICA ARGENTINA ANALES, V. 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POSITION, AND GENESIS OF THE BORATE DEPOSITS OF THE PUNA REGION OF ARGENTINA: SALTA, UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA, UNPUBLISHED PH.D DISSERTATION, 196 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Reserve-Resource:: SCHALAMUK AND OTHERS, 1983.}
ReporterOrris, Greta J.