Commodities
PrimaryKaolin
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit typeResidual
Deposit sizeY
Materials
Ore mineralsHalloysite
GangueCristobalite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockTuff · Tarqui Formation
AlterationKaolinisation
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10023806
MRDS IDI002000
RegionSA
Data scoreD
Coordinates-2.63161, -78.69979
References
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. 3-23CIMRI