Grupo San Nicolas

Past Producer in Jujuy, Argentina with commodities Boron-Borates, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Halite
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097632
MRDS ID AR08258
Record type Site
Current site name Grupo San Nicolas
Alternate or previous names El Guanaco, El Oculto, Ernesto, Esperanza, Etelvina, Federico, Felipe, Fernando, Gabriel, Humberto, Josefina, Julieta, Lisandro, Lorenzo, Lucia, Luis Enrique, Malvina, Manuela, Marieta, Mario, Mercedes, Vicente, Victoria I-Ii-Iii

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.65751, -23.43446 (WGS84)
Relative position 17 KM W OF SUSQUES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jujuy(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina Jujuy

Comments on the location information

  • IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE SALAR.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ulexite Ore
Gypsum Gangue
Halite Gangue

Analytical data

Result GOOD QUALITY NODULE SAMPLE: 25.35% B2O3
Result 13.65% CAO
Result 0.92% MGO, 10.65% NA2O, 3.53% INSOLUBLE RESIDUE IN HCL. LOW CHLORIDE CONTENT.

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Salt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.65751, -23.43446

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.3M
    Length 400M
    Width 300M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Salar De Olaroz

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Industrias Quimicas Baraderos
    First year 1986

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION CAPACITY IN 1980 WAS 1500 METRIC TONS PER MONTH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RICCI, S.M., 1973, MAPA MINERO DE LAS PROVINCIAS DE JUJUY Y SALTA: MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA DE REPUBLICA ARGENTINA, ESCALA 1:750,000.

  • 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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZED BODY IS ELONGATE N-S. ULEXITE OCCURS AS "BARS" IN BLANKETS UP TO 1.2 M THICK. THE NODULES OF ULEXITE ARE EITHER VERY PURE OR CONTAIN IMPURITIES OF CLAY AND SAND. BEST QUALITY NODULES ARE VERY WHITE WITH FINE FIBERS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1992 Sow, Thierno U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1993 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 02-NOV-1994 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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