Neptali Mine

Producer in Salta, Argentina with commodity Halite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005302
MRDS ID AR15109
Record type Site
Current site name Neptali Mine
Alternate or previous names Hilda, Monchu, Cristina Elisa, Ana Del Valle, Mariano, Susy, Diego

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.77445, -24.66 (WGS84)
Relative position 11 KM S68W OF SIJES, 50 KM ESE OF POCITOS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salta(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina Salta

Comments on the location information

  • ON NE MARGIN OF THE SALAR

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Halite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Halite Ore
Clay Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.77445, -24.66

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.5M
    Length 8000M
    Width 4000M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Salar De Pastos Grandes

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TURNER, JCM, 1964, DESCRIPCION GEOLOGICA DE LA MOJA 7C-NEVADO DE CACHI: DNGM BOL. 99, P. 78 DNGM ANALES 20, P. 95-96

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANNUAL HARVEST OF IMPURE SALT EVERY APRIL AND MAY. ON THE S END OF THE SALAR BEDS OF SALT UP TO 2 M THICK ARE EXPOSED. ANALYSIS: 95.3% NACL, 1.60% NA2SO4, 0.53% CACL, 0.30% KCL, 0.04% MGCL2, 0.32% CA2(HCO3)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1992 Long, Kr U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.