Jujuy
Past Producer

Volcancito

Jujuy, Argentina
Boron-Borates
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Commodities
PrimaryBoron-Borates
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formTABULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsUlexite
GangueCalcite, Halite, Travertine
Geology
Host rockDacite
Associated rockClastic Sedimentary Rock
Tectonic settingPuna
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10102205
MRDS IDI000319
Alternate namesAlejandra, Graciela, Guadalupe, Verdun
RegionSA
Data scoreC
Coordinates-22.99751, -66.54945
References
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.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.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.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POSITION, AND GENESIS OF THE BORATE DEPOSITS OF THE PUNA REGION OF ARGENTINA: SALTA, UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA, UNPUBLISHED PH.D DISSERTATION, 196 P.CIMRIALONSO, 1986.