Mine detail: Laguna Salinas

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: -16.36438, -71.14126

Resource(N)

Primary: Boron-Borates
Tertiary: Halite, Sodium, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Clay
Ore: Inyoite, Ulexite
Gangue: Gypsum, Halite, Illite, Montmorillonite
Discovery year: 1883

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
Production years: 1894-192*
First production started: 1894

Geology

Host type:Clay, Mud
Associated type:Volcanic Ash,Dacite
Structure:Closed Basin
Tectonic:Altiplano

References

MRDSI000483
DEP10023493
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. 53-59.}{Deposit:: MUESSIG, SIEGFRIED, 1958, FIRST KNOWN OCCURRENCE OF INYOITE IN A PLAYA, AT LAGUNA SALINAS, PERU: THE AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, V. 43, P. 1144-1147.}{Deposit:: KISTLER, R.B., AND SMITH, W.C., 1975, BORON AND BORATES, IN LEFOND, S.J., ED., INDUSTRIAL MINERALS AND ROCKS (NONMETALLICS OTHER THAN FUELS): NEW YORK, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL, AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, INC., P. 473-496.}{Deposit:: ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., 1993, THE ECONOMICS OF BORON 1993, 7TH ED.: LONDON, ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., 156 P.}{Deposit:: KISTLER, R.B., AND SMITH, W.C., 1983, BORON AND BORATES, IN LEFOND, S.J., ED., INDUSTRIAL MINERALS AND ROCKS (NONMETALLICS OTHER THAN FUELS): NEW YORK, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL, AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, INC..}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: ROSKILL, 1993.}{Reserve-Resource:: ROSKILL, 1993; KISTLER AND SMITH, 1983.}
ReporterOrris, Greta J.