Mine detail: Samael

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: -2.96076, -79.13313

Resource(B)

Primary: Kaolin
Tertiary: Sulfur-Pyrite, Zeolites
Ore: Halloysite
Gangue: Cristobalite, Pyrite, Quartz, Zeolite

Production

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

Geology

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

References

MRDSI000489
DEP10106742
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.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
ReporterOrris, Greta J., Lopez, Tony