Commodities
PrimaryKaolin
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit typeResidual
Deposit sizeY
Materials
Ore mineralsHalloysite
GangueBiotite, Cristobalite, Hornblende, Plagioclase, Quartz
Geology
Host rockTuff · Tarqui Formation
Tectonic settingAndean Highlands
AlterationKaolinisation
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10023496
MRDS IDI000488
Alternate namesShina Abuga
RegionSA
Data scoreC
Coordinates-2.69828, -78.79979
References
MUFF, ROLF, AND FIEDERLING-KAPTEINAT, HANS-GEORG, 1988, ECUADOR'S CERAMIC RAW MATERIAL--DEPOSITS, PRODUCTS, FUTURE ASPECTS: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 253, P. 55-63.MUFF, ROLF, 1990, ALTERATION OF ANDESITIC ROCKS TO KAOLIN IN THE ECUADORIAN ANDES: GEOCHEMICAL, STATISTICAL AND MINERALOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS: GEOLOGISCHES JAHRBUCH, REIHE D, V. 96, P. 3-23.SERVICIO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA, 1970, YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBUROS, BOLETIN NO. 2, DIRECCION GENERAL DE GEOLOGIA Y MINAS.CIMRI