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Salar Diablillos

Past Producer in Salta, Argentina with commodities Boron-Borates, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Halite, Travertine
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Ownership information
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023419
MRDS ID I000325
Record type Site
Current site name Salar Diablillos
Alternate or previous names Cuenca De Diablillos, Includes the Following Concessions: Coral,, Nuestra Senora De Las Mercedes, Neustra Senora De Liyan,, San Franciso, San Atilio

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.66611, -25.24749 (WGS84)
Elevation 4000

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

  • NEAR THE BORDER OF SALTA AND CATAMARCA. THE SALAR COVERS AN AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 3513 HECTARES.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Boron-Borates Primary
Gypsum-Anhydrite Tertiary
Halite Tertiary
Travertine Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ulexite Ore
Clay Gangue
Halite Gangue
Travertine Gangue

Analytical data

Result THE ULEXITE IS OF HIGH GRADE AND VERY PURE. NODULES RUN ABOUT 34.47% B2O3.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 260
USGS model code 35b.3
Deposit model name Lacustrine borates

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.66611, -25.24749
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faulting

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THIS DEPOSIT LIES DIRECTLY ON CRYSTALLINE BASEMENT. THE BASIN IS RECTANGULAR AND BORDERED BY FAULTS ON ALL SIDES. MUCH OF THE CLAY IS FETID. THE BASIN EXHIBITS BASIN FILLING LITHOLOGY, FROM A THICK BASAL CONGLOMERATE TO SURFACE EVAPORITES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Boroquimica Samicaf , (Subsidiary Of Rtz Borax); Others
    First year 1993

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1927
    Total resources 2500000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Boron-Borates B2O3 35 wt-pct Boron Major 1927

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ESTIMATE FOR MINIMUM ORE THICKNESS OF 15 CM AND MINIMUM GRADE OF 35% B2O3.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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. 53-69.

  • Deposit

    CATALANO, L.R., 1964 (192 ), BORO - BERILIO - LITIO (UNA NUEVA FUENTE NATURAL DE ENERGIA): ESTUDIOS DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA ECONOMICA SERIE ARGENTINA NO. 3, VARIOUSLY PAGED.

  • Deposit

    CATALANO, L.R., 1964 (1927), CUENCA DE DIABLILLOS: ESTUDIOS DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA ECONOMICA SERI ARGENTINA NO. 2, 70 P.

  • Deposit

    DUBLANC, E.A., MALCA, D.A., AND PEREZ LEALE, ALFREDO, 1993, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS OF ARGENTINA LOOKING FOR INVESTMENT: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 312, P. 25-36.

  • Deposit

    SCHALAMUK, ISIDORO, FERNANDEZ, RAUL, AND ETCHEVERRY, RICARDO, 1983, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y NO METALIFEROS Y ROCAS DE APLICACION DE LA REGION NOA: MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA DE REPUBLICA ARGENTINA ANALES, V. XX, 208 P.

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    CATALANO, 1964 (1927).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PLAYA-TYPE DEPOSIT. ULEXITE OCCURS AS IRREGULAR MASSES AND NODULES. BORATE MINERALIZATION OCCURS OVER THE WHOLE SURFACE AND THERE IS NO SALT CRUST OR HALITE BEDS. THERE IS A CLOSE SPATIAL ASSOCIATION WITH HOT SPRINGS AT THE EDGES AND IN THE INTERIOR OF THE SALAR. THE SURFACE BED OF ULEXITE IS ABOUT 1 M THICK. ULEXITE OCCURS PRIMARILY AS HARD BEDS OR AS AGGLOMERATIONS OF NODULES UP TO 1.2 M IN SIZE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1990 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1994 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 02-NOV-1994 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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