Mine detail: Loma Blanca

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

-23.04752, -66.44945

Resource(B)

Primary:	Boron-Borates
Tertiary:	Sulfur, Calcium, Arsenic, Clay, Gypsum-Anhydrite
Ore:	Borax, Inyoite, Tincalconite, Ulexite
Gangue:	Aragonite, Calcite, Chlorite, Gypsum, Illite, Montmorillonite, Orpiment, Realgar, Sulfur
Discovery year:	1982

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
Production years:	196 * (INYOITE),
First production started:	1983

Geology

Host rock:	Sijes Formation
Host type:	Claystone,Tuff
Associated type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Rhyodacite,Dacite
Structure:	Ne-Sw Trending Reverse Faults Crossed By Transverse Fractures; Subordinate Ne-Sw Trending Folds (Small)
Tectonic:	Puna

References

MRDS	I000505
DEP	10023505
Reference	{Deposit:: ALONSO, R.N., HELVACI, C., SUREDA, R.J., AND VIRAMONTE, J.G., 1988, A NEW TERTIARY BORAX DEPOSIT IN THE ANDES: MINERALIUM DEPOSITA, V. 23, P. 299-305.}{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POSITION, AND GENESIS OF THE BORATE DEPOSITS OF THE PUNA REGION OF ARGENTINA: SALTA, UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA, UNPUBLISHED PH.D DISSERTATION, 196 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Reserve-Resource:: ALONSO AND OTHERS, 1988.}
Reporter	Orris, Greta J., Sow, Thierno