Mine detail: Salinas Grandes

Previously called 'PocitosNino MuertoAguaditaAgua ChicaBoratero De AguaditaBoratero De Pozo CavadoVictoriaBahia BlancaSilviaValparaisoBoratera De Tres MorrosSanta Marta I-IiLa ComanditaBeiroBorateras JujenasMolinaIrigoyen'

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Location: Jujuy, Salta, Argentina, South America
Lat / long: -23.69751, -65.91613
dep_id: 60000482
mrds_id: I000735
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Halite, Boron-Borates
Trace mineral: Gypsum-Anhydrite
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTARY, EVAPORITE
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
model: 260: Lacustrine borates
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Year first produced: 1900
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:: RICCI, S.M., 1973, MAPA MINERO DE LAS PROVINCIAS DE JUJUY Y SALTA: MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA DE REPUBLICA ARGENTINA, ESCALA 1:750,000.
  • Deposit:: SCHALAMUK, ISIDORO, FERNANDEZ, RAUL, AND ETCHEVERRY, RICARDO, 1983, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y NO METALIFEROS Y ROCAS DE APLICACION DE LA REGION NOA: MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA DE REPUBLICA ARGENTINA ANALES, V. XX, 208 P.
  • 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POSITION, AND GENESIS OF THE BORATE DEPOSITS OF THE PUNA REGION OF ARGENTINA: SALTA, UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA, UNPUBLISHED PH.D DISSERTATION, 196 P.
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