Mine detail: Boratera De Nino Muerto

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Location: Jujuy, Salta, Argentina, South America
Lat / long: -23.74751, -66.08277
dep_id: 10023613
mrds_id: I000739
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Boron-Borates
Trace mineral: Halite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Ulexite
gangue: Halite
model: 260: Lacustrine borates
Reporter: Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Evaporite
tectonic: Puna
References:
  • Deposit:: CATALANO, L.R., 1964, BORO-BERILIO-LITIO (UNA NUEVA FUENTE NATURAL DE ENERGIA): MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA DE LA NACION ESTUDIOS DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA ECONOMICA SERIE ARGENTINA, NO. 3, VARIOUSLY PAGED.
  • 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POSITION, AND GENESIS OF THE BORATE DEPOSITS OF THE PUNA REGION OF ARGENTINA: SALTA, UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA, UNPUBLISHED PH.D DISSERTATION, 196 P.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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