Mine detail: Tincalayu

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Location: Salta, Catamarca, Argentina, South America
Lat / long: -25.26416, -67.04945
dep_id: 10023420
mrds_id: I000327
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Boron-Borates
Trace mineral: Halite, Gypsum-Anhydrite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Borax, Kernite, Searlesite, Tincalconite
gangue: Anhydrite, Gypsum, Halite, Orpiment, Realgar
model: 260: Lacustrine borates
Reporter: Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Claystone,Sandstone,Conglomerate,Limestone,Evaporite,Tuff,Rhyodacite
arock_type: Basalt
Structure: Hombre Muerto Depression, Reverse Fautls And Fractures, Anticlines
tectonic: Puna
Year first produced: 1953
disc_yr: 1925
discr: Luciano Catalano?
References:
  • 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:: ALONSO, R.N., JORDAN, T.E., TABBUTT, K.T., AND VANDERBOORT, D.S., 1991, GIANT EVAPORITE BELTS OF THE NEOGENE CENTRAL ANDES: GEOLOGY, V. 19, P. 401-404.
  • Deposit:: ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., 1993, THE ECONOMICS OF BORON 1993, 7TH ED.: LONDON, ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., 156 P.
  • Deposit:: DUBLANC, E.A., MALCA, D.A., AND PEREZ LEALE, ALFREDO, 1993, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS OF ARGENTINA LOOKING FOR INVESTMENT: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 312, P. 25-36.
  • 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POSITION, AND GENESIS OF THE BORATE DEPOSITS OF THE PUNA REGION OF ARGENTINA: SALTA, UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA, UNPUBLISHED PH.D DISSERTATION, 196 P.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:: ROSKILL, 1993.
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