Commodities
PrimaryBoron-Borates
TertiarySulfur, Calcium, Arsenic, Clay, Gypsum-Anhydrite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Model260: Lacustrine borates
Deposit sizeY
Materials
Ore mineralsBorax, Inyoite, Tincalconite, Ulexite
GangueAragonite, Calcite, Chlorite, Gypsum, Illite, Montmorillonite, Orpiment, Realgar, Sulfur
Geology
Host rockClaystone,Tuff · Sijes Formation
Associated rockVolcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Rhyodacite,Dacite
StructureNe-Sw Trending Reverse Faults Crossed By Transverse Fractures; Subordinate Ne-Sw Trending Folds (Small)
Tectonic settingPuna
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Production years1960'S (INYOITE),
First production1983
Discovery year1982
Identification
Deposit ID10023505
MRDS IDI000505
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-23.04752, -66.44945
References
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.RICCI, S.M., 1973, MAPA MINERO DE LAS PROVINCIAS DE JUJUY Y SALTA: MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA DE REPUBLICA ARGENTINA, ESCALA 1:750,000.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POSITION, AND GENESIS OF THE BORATE DEPOSITS OF THE PUNA REGION OF ARGENTINA: SALTA, UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA, UNPUBLISHED PH.D DISSERTATION, 196 P.CIMRIALONSO AND OTHERS, 1988.