Mine detail: Turilari

Previously called 'Salar De TurilariTuri Lari'

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Location

Lat / long: -23.14141, -66.62306

Resource(B)

Primary: Boron-Borates
Tertiary: Halite, Bentonite, Lithium, Arsenic
Ore: Borax, Ulexite
Gangue: Bentonite, Calcite, Dolomite, Halite

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Clay, Mud,Sand and Gravel,Clastic Sedimentary Rock,Salt
Associated type:Tuff
Tectonic:Puna

References

MRDSI000324
DEP10023418
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:: HARBEN, P.W., AND BATES, R.L., 1990, BORATES, IN INDUSTRIAL MINERALS GEOLOGY AND WORLD DEPOSITS: LONDON, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS DIVISION METAL BULLETIN PLC, P. 31-37.}{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:: 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:: RICCI, S.M., 1973, MAPA MINERO DE LAS PROVINCIAS DE JUJUY Y SALTA: MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA DE REPUBLICA ARGENTINA, ESCALA 1:750,000.}{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POSITION, AND GENESIS OF THE BORATE DEPOSITS OF THE PUNA REGION OF ARGENTINA: SALTA, UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA, UNPUBLISHED PH.D DISSERTATION, 196 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Reserve-Resource:: SCHALAMUK AND OTHERS, 1983}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.