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Canuelas

Past Producer in Jujuy, Argentina with commodities Boron-Borates, Travertine
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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 10024192
MRDS ID I010142
Record type Site
Current site name Canuelas
Alternate or previous names Canuelas I-Ii

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.50501, -22.98363 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 800 M UPSTREAM FROM THE ARITUZAR GEYSERS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jujuy(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina Jujuy

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Boron-Borates Primary
Travertine Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Travertine Ore
Ulexite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Acoite Formation
    Rock description Acoite Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.50501, -22.98363
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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 Rio Alumbrio Spring Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • DEPOSIT IS EXHAUSTED.

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POSITION, AND GENESIS OF THE BORATE DEPOSITS OF THE PUNA REGION OF ARGENTINA: SALTA, UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA, UNPUBLISHED PH.D DISSERTATION, 196 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    ALONSO, 1986.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 LOBATE THERMAL SPRING DEPOSITS OF HARD ULEXITE INTERCALATED WITH TRAVERTINE BEDS AND IRON OXIDES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-94 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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