Mine detail: Volcancito

Previously called 'AlejandraGracielaGuadalupeVerdun'

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Location

Lat / long: -22.99751, -66.54945

Resource(N)

Primary: Boron-Borates
Ore: Ulexite
Gangue: Calcite, Halite, Travertine
Orebody form: TABULAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host type:Dacite
Associated type:Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Tectonic:Puna

References

MRDSI000319
DEP10102205
Reference{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, 1966, RECENT SOUTH AMERICAN BORATE DEPOSITS, IN RAU, J.L., ED., SECOND SYMPOSIUM ON SALT: CLEVELAND, OHIO, THE NORTHERN OHIO GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, INC., V.1, P. 151-159.}{Deposit:: REINALDO-VILELA, CESAR, 1969, DESCRIPCION GEOLOGIA DE LA HOJA 6C, SAN ANTONIO DE LOS COBRES, PROVINCIAS DE SALTA Y JUJUY: DIRECCION NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA CARTA GEOLOGICA-ECONOMICA DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA BULLETIN 110, 60 P., ESCALA 1:200,000.}{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POSITION, AND GENESIS OF THE BORATE DEPOSITS OF THE PUNA REGION OF ARGENTINA: SALTA, UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA, UNPUBLISHED PH.D DISSERTATION, 196 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: ALONSO, 1986.}
ReporterOrris, Greta J.