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Campamento Primero De Mayo

Producer in Jujuy, 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. 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 10107564
MRDS ID AR08267
Record type Site
Current site name Campamento Primero De Mayo
Alternate or previous names Rosa, Isabel, Las Avispas, La Abeja, La Hormiga, La Cigarra, La Mejor, Delia Sud, Franciso, Maria Sud, Ramona, Victoria I-Ii

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.79806, -24.0239 (WGS84)
Relative position 10 KM NNW OF CAUCHARI.

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

  • ON THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF SALAR DE CAUCHARI.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Boron-Borates Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ulexite Ore
Clay Gangue

Analytical data

Result ANALYSIS OF NODULE: 32.46% B2O3
Result 13.32% CAO
Result 1.62% MGO
Result 9.95% NA2O
Result 6.70% INSOLUBLE RESIDUE IN HCL.

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 Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.79806, -24.0239
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.02M
    Length 120M
    Width 60M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Salar De Cauchari

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Compania Jose Gavenda S.R.L.
    First year 1983

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL MINERALIZED BODIES.

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

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

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