Commodities
PrimaryKaolin
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit typeResidual
Deposit sizeY
Ore controlWeathering
Materials
Ore mineralsHalloysite
GangueCristobalite, Mica, Quartz
Geology
Host rockTuff · Tarqui Formation
AlterationKaolinisation
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10023499
MRDS IDI000492
RegionSA
Data scoreC
Coordinates-3.41491, -79.0498
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.INEMIN INSTITUTO ECUATORIANO MINERALIA, 1987, MAPA CATASTRAL MINERO ECUATORIANO.ROBERTSON, A., 1992, THE MINING JOURNAL ATLAS OF THE LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN MINERAL INDUSTRY, MINING JOURNAL BOOKS LTD, LONDON, 161 P.CIMRI