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http://dx.doi.org/10.5467/JKESS.2009.30.7.801

Survey of Borate deposit in Northern Argentina: Salinas Grandes Borate deposit  

Pak, Sang-Joon (Deep-sea and Marine Georesources Research Department, Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute)
Lee, Han-Yeang (Oversea Mineral Resources Departmen, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources)
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Journal of the Korean earth science society / v.30, no.7, 2009 , pp. 801-809 More about this Journal
Abstract
The Salinas Grandes borate deposit located in Jujuy state, northern Argentina can be categorized into the playatype evaporite deposit. Major borate mineral is ulexite ($NaCaB_5O_9{\cdot}H_2O$), which boron could be originated from volcanic rocks nearby playa. The eastern part of the Jujuy state in northern Argentina belongs to the Altiplano-Puna platform which shows high altitude and semiarid climate. Lots of Mesozoic and Cenozoic volcanics that are source of boron as well as playas that are the basin for borate precipitation in the area are essential for boron evaporite deposit. Therefore, the extensive explorations for the playa-type evaporite deposit are need.
Keywords
boron; borax; playa; evaporite; Argentina;
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