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La Estela Mine

Producer in Salta, Argentina with commodity Halite
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  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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005357
MRDS ID AR15179
Record type Site
Current site name La Estela Mine
Alternate or previous names Salina La Estela, Salta, Paulina

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.98863, -24.09418 (WGS84)
Elevation 3740
Relative position 68KM N78W OF SAN ANTONIO DE LOS COBRES

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 THE EAST FLANK OF SALINA DEL RINCON, 1KM SE OF CAROLINA QUARRY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Halite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ANALYSIS: 97.11% NACL, 1.42% NASO4, 0.34% KCL, 0.32% CA(HCO3)2, 0.04% CACL2, 0.04% MGCL2

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Halite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.98863, -24.09418
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0.01M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Felix Chocobar

Comments on the workings information

  • SOME 3,500 EVAPORATION PONDS, EACH 3 OR 6 M LONG, 2.5 M WIDE AND 0.4 TO 0.5 M DEEP.

Comments on development

  • ; MILL.CAP : 15,000 MT/Y

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DNGM BOL., ANALES NO. 20, P. 96

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1993 Sow, Thierno U.S. Geological Survey

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

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