| Deposit ID | 10102205 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | I000319 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Volcancito |
| Alternate or previous names | Alejandra, Graciela, Guadalupe, Verdun |
| Geographic coordinates: | -66.54945, -22.99751 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Location accuracy | 5000(meters) |
| Relative position | 6 KM W OF THE RIO ALUMBRIO DEPOSITS ON THE WEST SIDE OF A FLAT VALLEY BOTTOM OF A TRIBUTARY (QUEBRADA DE VOLCANCITO) TO RIO BLANCO. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Jujuy(province)
Argentina(country)
South America(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| Argentina | Jujuy |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Boron-Borates | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Ulexite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Halite | Gangue |
| Travertine | Gangue |
| Result | AVERAGE GRADE OF ORE IS REPORTED AS 30% B2O3. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite |
| (1) | -66.54945, -22.99751 |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 0.4M |
| Length | 400M |
| Width | 60M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Rio Alumbrio Spring Area |
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| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Industrias Quimicas Baradeo |
| First year | 1986 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | I000319 |
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. 53-59.
MUESSIG, SIEGFRIED, 1966, RECENT SOUTH AMERICAN BORATE DEPOSITS, IN RAU, J.L., ED., SECOND SYMPOSIUM ON SALT: CLEVELAND, OHIO, THE NORTHERN OHIO GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, INC., V.1, P. 151-159.
REINALDO-VILELA, CESAR, 1969, DESCRIPCION GEOLOGIA DE LA HOJA 6C, SAN ANTONIO DE LOS COBRES, PROVINCIAS DE SALTA Y JUJUY: DIRECCION NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA CARTA GEOLOGICA-ECONOMICA DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA BULLETIN 110, 60 P., ESCALA 1:200,000.
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.
CIMRI
ALONSO, 1986.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THREE PROMINANT ULEXITE-TUFA CONES OCCUR ON UPSTREAM SIDE OF THE DEPOSIT. SPRING ACTIVITY WAS STILL PRESENT IN 1955. A SERIES OF GEYSERS AND HOT SPRINGS ARE ALIGNED N-S WITH SIZE INCREASING THE THE NORTH. THE LARGEST CONES ARE 6 M THIGH WITH AN AVERAGE BASAL DIAMETER OF 8 M. IN THE MID-1980'S, ONLY GASES WERE BEING VENTED, ALTHOUGH MUESSIG (1966) REPORTED THAT ONE OF THE GEYSERS SPOUTED COLD WATER AND LOCAL SOURCES CLAIM THAT THE WATER WAS HOT UNTIL 1924. THE B-BEARING WATERS FROM THE SPRINGS AND GEYSERS HAVE FORMED A LARGE ULEXITE DEPOSIT ON THE FLOOR OF THE GULCH CONSISTING OF A TABULAR BLANKET OF HARD HIGH-QUALITY ULEXITE SATURATED WITH WATER. THE BLANKET OF UELXITE IS 400 M LONG, 40-60 M WIDE, WITH A MEDIAN THICKNESS OF 0.4 M. ULEXITE ALSO OCCURS DISSEMINATED IN VEINS IN TERTIARY SEDIMENTS AROUND THE GULCH. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-90 | Orris, Greta J. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 03-MAY-94 | Orris, Greta J. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 02-NOV-94 | Orris, Greta J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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