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Los Bayos

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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098174
MRDS ID I010149
Record type Site
Current site name Los Bayos

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -67.08279, -23.61418 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 7 KM SW OF THE TROPA PETE GEYSER., Estimated Location, Unknown Precision. Location Based On Estimated Location Of Tropapete., Estimated Location, Unknown Precision. Location Based On Estimated Location Of Tropapete.

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

  • ON A SOUTHERN TRIBUTARY OF THE ARCHIBARCO RAVINE.

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) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -67.08279, -23.61418
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 100M
    Width 100M

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 production information

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POSITION, AND GENESIS OF THE BORATE DEPOSITS OF THE PUNA REGION OF ARGENTINA: SALTA, UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA, UNPUBLISHED PH.D DISSERTATION, 196 P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

  • Production

    ALONSO, 1986.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE DEPOSIT IS 100 M IN DIAMETER AND FORMED FROM HOT WATER RISING THROUGH ORDOVICIAN SEDIMENTS NEAR A QUATERNARY BASALT VOLCANO. THE HOT SPRING IS EXTINCT (1986).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-94 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 27-MAR-95 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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