Commodities
PrimaryKaolin
TertiarySulfur-Pyrite, Zeolites
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typeResidual
Deposit sizeS
Materials
Ore mineralsHalloysite
GangueCristobalite, Pyrite, Quartz, Zeolite
Geology
Host rockTuff · Tarqui Formation
AlterationKaolinisation
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10106742
MRDS IDI000489
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-2.96076, -79.13313
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.CIMRI