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Purmamarca Mine

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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097662
MRDS ID AR15099
Record type Site
Current site name Purmamarca Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.73889, -24.94888 (WGS84)
Elevation 3900
Relative position 95 KM S25W OF SAN ANTONIO DE LOS COBRES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salta(province)

Argentina(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Argentina Salta

Comments on the location information

  • AT THE SOUTH END OF SALAR CENTENARIO.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Boron-Borates Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ulexite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 260
USGS model code 35b.3
Deposit model name Lacustrine borates

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.73889, -24.94888
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.8M
    Depth to top 1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years -1980

Mining district

District name Salar Centenario

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Espinoza Hermanos

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1974
    Total resources 324000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Boron-Borates B2O3 13 wt-pct Boron Major 1974

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: OUTPUT SOLD TO QUIMICA BARADEROS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHALAMUK, ISIDORO, FERNANDEZ, RAUL, AND ETCHEVERRY, RICARDO, 1983, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y NO METALIFEROS Y ROCAS DE APLICACION DE LA REGION NOA: MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA DE REPUBLICA ARGENTINA ANALES, V. XX, 208 P.

  • Deposit

    RICCI, S.M., 1973, MAPA MINERO DE LAS PROVINCIAS DE JUJUY Y SALTA: MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA DE REPUBLICA ARGENTINA, ESCALA 1:750,000.y

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    SCHALAMUK (1983) P. 89

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NODULES OF ULEXITE IN CLAY IN A LAYER ABOUT 0.8 M THICK.
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD AR15296 OF THIERNO SOW WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1992 Long, Keith R. 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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