| Lat / long: | -23.04752, -66.44945 |
| 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 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Yes |
| Development status: | Producer |
| Production years: | 196* (INYOITE), |
| First production started: | 1983 |
| 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 |
| 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POSITION, AND GENESIS OF THE BORATE DEPOSITS OF THE PUNA REGION OF ARGENTINA: SALTA, UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA, UNPUBLISHED PH.D DISSERTATION, 196 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Reserve-Resource:: ALONSO AND OTHERS, 1988.} |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 |