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Monte Azul

Past Producer in Salta, 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. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024183
MRDS ID I010132
Record type Site
Current site name Monte Azul
Alternate or previous names Includes Monte Azul 1, And 3 Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.68556, -24.67528 (WGS84)
Elevation 3850
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 8 KM SSW OF SIJES MINING CAMP.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salta(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina Salta

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Boron-Borates Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Orpiment Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    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) -66.68556, -24.67528
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Serrania De Sijes

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT 10 M DEEP BY 50 M LONG.

Comments on development

  • THE SMALL DEPOSIT AT MONTE AZUL 2 HAS BEEN MINED IN THE PAST.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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POSITION, AND GENESIS OF THE BORATE DEPOSITS OF THE PUNA REGION OF ARGENTINA: SALTA, UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA, UNPUBLISHED PH.D DISSERTATION, 196 P.

  • Deposit

    SCHALAMUK, ISIDORO, FERNANDEZ, RAUL, AND ETCHEVERRY, RICARDO, 1983, LOS YACIMIENTOS DE MINERALES NO METALIFEROS Y ROCAS DE APLICACION DE LA REGION NOA: SUBSECRETARIA DE MINERIA, ANALES XX, 208 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HYDROBORACITE OCCURS IN BEDS 0.5 TO 1 M THICK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-NOV-94 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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