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Lari

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 10024198
MRDS ID I010152
Record type Site
Current site name Lari

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.99945, -23.49752 (WGS84)

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

  • ALONG A NORTHERN TRIBUTARY TO ARCHIBARCA RAVINE, WHOSE MOUTH IS NEAR TROPAPETE GEYSER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Boron-Borates Primary
Travertine Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Borax Ore
Ulexite Ore
Travertine Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.99945, -23.49752
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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 Archibarca Ravine Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • DEPOSIT IS COMPLETELY MINED OUT.

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POSITION, AND GENESIS OF THE BORATE DEPOSITS OF THE PUNA REGION OF ARGENTINA: SALTA, UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA, UNPUBLISHED PH.D DISSERTATION, 196 P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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HARD ULEXITE AND SOME BORAX OCCUR IN A THIN BED ON TOP OF A TRAVERTINE BLANKET OVERLYING ALLUVIUM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-OCT-1994 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 27-MAR-1995 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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