Commodities
PrimaryBoron-Borates
TertiaryGypsum-Anhydrite
Deposit
Deposit typeLACUSTRINE SEDIMENTARY, EVAPORITE
Model260: Lacustrine borates
Deposit sizeS
Geology
StructurePASTOS GRANDES DEPRESSION
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1915
Identification
Deposit ID60000486
MRDS IDI000950
Alternate namesSijes, La Esperanza, Andina, Monte Blanco, Coronel Saravia, Lagunita, San Juan, Monte Amarillo, Monte Azul, Monte Verde, Hierro Indio
RegionSA
Data scoreD
Coordinates-24.6392, -66.69945
References
SCHALAMUK, ISIDORO, FERNANDEZ, RAUL, AND ETCHEVERRY, RICARDO, 1983, LOS YACIMIENTOS DE MINERALES NO METALIFEROS Y ROCAS DE APLICACION DE LA REGION NOA: SUBSECRETARIA DE MINERIA, ANALES XX, 208 P.TURNER, JCM, 1964, DESCRIPCION GEOLOGICA DE LA HOJA 7C-NEVADO DE CACHI: DNGM BOL. 99, P. 78.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POSITION, AND GENESIS OF THE BORATE DEPOSITS OF THE PUNA REGION OF ARGENTINA: SALTA, UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA, UNPUBLISHED PH.D DISSERTATION, 196 P.