Mine detail: Laguna Salinas

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Location: Arequipa, Peru, South America
Lat / long: -16.36438, -71.14126
dep_id: 10023493
mrds_id: I000483
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Boron-Borates
Trace mineral: Halite, Sodium, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Clay
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Inyoite, Ulexite
gangue: Gypsum, Halite, Illite, Montmorillonite
model: 260: Lacustrine borates
ore_ctrl: Closed Basin, Arid Climate
Reporter: Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Clay, Mud
arock_type: Volcanic Ash,Dacite
Structure: Closed Basin
tectonic: Altiplano
Year first produced: 1894
disc_yr: 1883
prod_yrs: 1894-192*
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. 53-59.
  • 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.
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