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La Paz

Producer in Salta, Argentina with commodity Boron-Borates
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024190
MRDS ID I010140
Record type Site
Current site name La Paz
Alternate or previous names Includes La Paz 1, And 4 Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.64945, -24.58361 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

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

  • AT THE N END OF THE SIJES RANGE, ALONG THE FOOT OF A SERIES OF SMALL ISLANDS TRENDING NE-SW AND THAT ARE CUT BY SMALL TRANSVERSE WATER COURSES.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Boron-Borates Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Inyoite Ore
Ulexite Ore
Gypsum Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone > Claystone
    Rock unit name Sijes Formation
    Rock description Sijes Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.64945, -24.58361
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Serrania De Sijes

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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POSITION, AND GENESIS OF THE BORATE DEPOSITS OF THE PUNA REGION OF ARGENTINA: SALTA, UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA, UNPUBLISHED PH.D DISSERTATION, 196 P

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-NOV-94 Orris, Greta J. 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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