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Santa Maria Mine

Producer in Salta, Argentina with commodities Boron-Borates, Sodium, Cobalt
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10005300
MRDS ID AR15106
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Maria Mine
Alternate or previous names Apolo, Industria, Juancito

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.35864, -24.08695 (WGS84)
Elevation 4279
Relative position 105 KM N80W OF SAN ANTONIO DE LOS COBRES

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

  • ON E SIDE OF SALAR DE SANTA MARIA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Boron-Borates Primary
Sodium Secondary
Cobalt Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Trona Ore
Clay Gangue

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
    Rock unit name Sijes Formation
    Rock description Sijes Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.35864, -24.08695
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Comments on the geologic information

  • BEDS ARE FOLDED AND FRACTURED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Salar De Santa Maria

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Tres Caciques

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARTA TOPOGRAFICA, REP OF ARGENTINA; PROVINCIAS DE SALTA Y JUJUY, SAN ANTONIO DE LOS COBRES; INSTITUTO GEOGRAFICO MILITAR; 1986

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL BORATE-BEARING BEDS 20-50 CM THICK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1992 Long, K.R. 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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