Mine detail: La Mercedes

Previously called 'Shina Abuga'

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Location: Azuay, Ecuador, South America
Lat / long: -2.69828, -78.79979
dep_id: 10023496
mrds_id: I000488
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Kaolin
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Residual
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Halloysite
gangue: Biotite, Cristobalite, Hornblende, Plagioclase, Quartz
alteration: Kaolinisation
conc_proc: Weathering
Reporter: Orris, Greta J.
hrock_unit: Tarqui Formation
hrock_type: Tuff
tectonic: Andean Highlands
References:
  • Deposit:: MUFF, ROLF, AND FIEDERLING-KAPTEINAT, HANS-GEORG, 1988, ECUADO* CERAMIC RAW MATERIAL--DEPOSITS, PRODUCTS, FUTURE ASPECTS: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 253, P. 55-63.
  • Deposit:: 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.
  • Deposit:: SERVICIO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA, 1970, YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBUROS, BOLETIN NO. 2, DIRECCION GENERAL DE GEOLOGIA Y MINAS.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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