Mine detail: Tinajillas

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Location: Azuay, Ecuador, South America
Lat / long: -3.13159, -78.98313
dep_id: 10023498
mrds_id: I000491
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Kaolin
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Residual
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Halloysite
gangue: Cristobalite, Quartz
alteration: Kaolinisation
conc_proc: Weathering
Reporter: Orris, Greta J.
hrock_unit: Tarqui Formation
hrock_type: Tuff
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:: 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.
  • Deposit:: SERVICIO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERIA, 1970, YACIMENTOS MINERALES Y DE HIDROCARBUROS, BOLETIN NO. 2, DIRECCION GENERAL DE GEOLOGIA Y MINAS.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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