Mine detail: Belen

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: -3.41491, -79.0498

Resource(N)

Primary: Kaolin
Ore: Halloysite
Gangue: Cristobalite, Mica, Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Residual
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host rock:Tarqui Formation
Host type:Tuff
Alteration processes:Kaolinisation

References

MRDSI000492
DEP10023499
Reference{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:: INEMIN INSTITUTO ECUATORIANO MINERALIA, 1987, MAPA CATASTRAL MINERO ECUATORIANO.}{Deposit:: ROBERTSON, A., 1992, THE MINING JOURNAL ATLAS OF THE LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN MINERAL INDUSTRY, MINING JOURNAL BOOKS LTD, LONDON, 161 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
ReporterOrris, Greta J., Lopez, Tony