Libertad Occurence

Past Producer in Jujuy, Argentina with commodity Boron-Borates
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10004524
MRDS ID AR08155
Record type Site
Current site name Libertad Occurence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.73945, -23.26863 (WGS84)

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

  • NEAR THE PROVIDENCIA SILVER MINE, N OF THE TOWN OF OLAROZ.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Boron-Borates Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ulexite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.73945, -23.26863

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • IN THIS AREA, THERMAL SPRINGS OCCUR ALONG A FRACTURE PLANE BETWEEN ORDOVICIAN AND TERTIARY ROCKS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on development

  • BORATE IS ALMOST ENTIRELY MINED OUT.

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

    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POSITION, AND GENESIS OF THE BORATE DEPOSITS OF THE PUNA REGION OF ARGENTINA: SALTA, UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA, UNPUBLISHED PH.D DISSERTATION, 196 P.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 HARD ULEXITE FORMS A DEPOSIT UP TO 1 M THICK AROUND 3 INACTIVE HOT SPRING VENTS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1992 Sow, Thierno (Long, Keith R.) 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.