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Cerro Bayo

Past 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024152
MRDS ID I009005
Record type Site
Current site name Cerro Bayo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.89113, -22.56142 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position Estimated Location, Probably With 20 Seconds.

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

  • AT N END OF THE LAKE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Boron-Borates Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ulexite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.89113, -22.56142
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE SALAR AREA IS SURROUNDED BY EXTENSIVE IGNIMBRITES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Laguna De Vilama

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POSITION, AND GENESIS OF THE BORATE DEPOSITS OF THE PUNA REGION OF ARGENTINA: SALTA, UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA, UNPUBLISHED PH.D DISSERTATION, 196 P.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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-93 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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