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Tropa Pete

Past Producer in Jujuy, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023604
MRDS ID I000728
Record type Site
Current site name Tropa Pete
Alternate or previous names Tropapete

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.08279, -23.58085 (WGS84)
Relative position 7 KM UP RAVINE FROM ADRIANA GEYSER.

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

  • ADJOINS AND CONNECTS TO SALAR CENTENARIO AND IS N OF SALAR DIABLILLOS.
  • N OF CATUA, ALONG QUEBRADA ACHIBARCA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Boron-Borates Primary
Sodium Tertiary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ulexite Ore
Onyx Gangue
Travertine Gangue

Analytical data

Result A GRAB SAMPLE OF ULEXITE RAN 38.4% B2O3. A SMALL AMOUNT OF H2O IS STILL ESCAPING FROM THE CONE.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.08279, -23.58085
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • EXTINCT THERMAL SPRING VENTS OCCUR ALONG REGIONAL STRUCTURAL FEATURE THAT BOUNDS THE BASIN ON THE EAST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ESTIMATED RESOURCE OF SURFACE SEDIMENTS. SALT AND BORATES HAVE BEEN PRODUCED IN THE PAST.
  • BORATE DEPOSIT IS EXHAUSTED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CATALANO, L.R., 1964, BORO-BERILIO-LITIO (UNA NUEVA FUENTE NATURAL DE ENERGIA): MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA DE LA NACION ESTUDIOS DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA ECONOMICA SERIE ARGENTINA, NO. 3, VARIOUSLY PAGED.

  • 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 THE SALAR CRUST IS THIN AND LARGELY COMPOSED OF SILT AND CLAY WITH ULEXITE. THE ULEXITE IS CONCENTRATED IN THE EAST-CENTRAL PART OF THE SALAR, IN AND NEAR THE BAY FORMED IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR BY AN ISLAND IN THE SOUTH-CENTRAL PART OF THE SALAR. THE ISLAND SERVED AS A STRUCTURAL TRAP FOR THE B FROM THE SPRING WATERS. FIBROUS ULEXITE OCCURS IN LAYERS OF 3 CM AND GREATER THICKNESS AND AS NODULES 5-15 CM IN DIAMETER. THE ULEXITE-RICH PART OF THE CRUST TOTALS 0.5 M IN THICKNESS. THE BORATES FORM A HOMOGENEOUS CONTINUOUS BLANKET OVER AN AREA OF ABOUT 1 SQ KM. THE DEPOSIT IS OVERLAIN BY A THIN LAYER OF SALINE EFFLORESCENCE AND UNDERLAIN BY GREEN PLASTIC CLAYS.
Deposit THE DEPOSIT HAS A STRIKING WHITE COLOR DUE TO ASURFICIAL COATING OF SODIUM CARBONATE. THE DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF AN ISOLATED SHORT GEYSER CONE 40 M IN DIAMETER AND A MAXIMUM OF 3 M HIGH THAT LIES ON AN ALLUVIAL BASE. THE CONE IS COMPOSED OF TRAVERTINE INTERCALATED WITH HARD BEDS OF LIGHT GREEN ONYX. BORATES WERE DEPOSITED AS ULEXITE IN THE ALLUVIUM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1991 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 02-NOV-1994 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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