Mine detail: Salar De Antofalla

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Location: Catamarca, Argentina, South America
Lat / long: -25.73082, -67.91614
dep_id: 10023506
mrds_id: I000506
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Halite
Minor mineral: Gypsum-Anhydrite
Trace mineral: Boron-Borates, Travertine
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Gypsum, Halite, Ulexite
gangue: Travertine
Reporter: Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Alluvium,Evaporite
tectonic: Puna
References:
  • 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:: CATALANO, L.R., 1964, BORO - BERILIO - LITIO (UNA NUEVA FUENTE NATURAL DE ENERGIA): ESTUDIOS DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA ECONOMICA SERIE ARGENTINA NO. 3, VARIOUSLY PAGED.
  • Deposit:: ARGENTINA INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERA, 1966, MAPA MINERO DE PROVINCIAS DE CATA MARCA Y TUCUMAN, 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POSITION, AND GENESIS OF THE BORATE DEPOSITS OF THE PUNA REGION OF ARGENTINA: SALTA, UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA, UNPUBLISHED PH.D DISSERTATION, 196 P.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
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