Commodities
PrimaryKaolin
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit typeResidual
Deposit sizeY
Materials
Ore mineralsHalloysite
GangueCristobalite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockTuff · Tarqui Formation
AlterationKaolinisation
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10023498
MRDS IDI000491
RegionSA
Data scoreC
Coordinates-3.13159, -78.98313
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.GOOSSENS, P.J., FOZZARD, P.M., AND MOSQUERA, C.C., 1969, MINERAL INDEX MAP REPUBLIC OF ECUADOR: NACIONAL GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA, MINISTERIO DE INDUSTRIAS Y COMERCIO, QUITO, ECUADOR, SCALE 1:1:000,000.SERVICIO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA, 1970, YACIMENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBUROS, BOLETIN NO. 2, DIRECCION GENERAL DE GEOLOGIA Y MINAS.CIMRI