| Lat / long: | -3.89822, -79.2498 |
| Primary: | Kaolin |
| Ore: | Halloysite |
| Gangue: | Allophane, Cristobalite, Quartz |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Residual |
| Production size: | Yes |
| Development status: | Producer |
| Host rock: | Tarqui Formation |
| Host type: | Tuff |
| Alteration processes: | Kaolinisation |
| MRDS | I000496 |
| DEP | 10023502 |
| Reference | {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:: MUFF, ROLF, AND FIEDERLING-KAPTEINAT, HANS-GEORG, 1988, ECUADO* CERAMIC RAW MATERIAL--DEPOSITS, PRODUCTS, FUTURE ASPECTS: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 253, P. 55-63.}{Deposit:: INEMIN INSTITUTO ECUATORIANO MINERALIA, 1987, MAPA CATASTRAL MINERO ECUATORIANO.}{Other Database:: CIMRI} |
| Reporter | Orris, Greta J., Lopez, Tony |