| Deposit ID | 10023499 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | I000492 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Belen |
| Geographic coordinates: | -79.0498, -3.41491 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 56 KM SOUTH OF CUENCA. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Azuay(province)
Ecuador(country)
South America(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| Ecuador | Azuay |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Kaolin | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Halloysite | Ore |
| Cristobalite | Gangue |
| Mica | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | THE MINERAL ASSEMBLAGE CONTAINS 80-85% KAOLIN MINERALS, 10% QUARTZ + CRISTOBALITE, AND 5% OTHER MINERALS. A REPRESENTATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE KAOLIN IS: 51.7% SIO2, 0.7% TIO2, 31.4% AL2O3, 2.0% FE2O3, 0.1% MGO, 0.1% CAO, 0.1% NA2O, 0.2% K2O, AND 13.5% LOI. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff | ||||
| Rock unit name | Tarqui Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Tarqui Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -79.0498, -3.41491 |
|---|
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Ceramic Andina |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Ceramica Andina |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | I000492 |
MUFF, ROLF, AND FIEDERLING-KAPTEINAT, HANS-GEORG, 1988, ECUADOR'S CERAMIC RAW MATERIAL--DEPOSITS, PRODUCTS, FUTURE ASPECTS: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 253, P. 55-63.
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.
INEMIN INSTITUTO ECUATORIANO MINERALIA, 1987, MAPA CATASTRAL MINERO ECUATORIANO.
ROBERTSON, A., 1992, THE MINING JOURNAL ATLAS OF THE LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN MINERAL INDUSTRY, MINING JOURNAL BOOKS LTD, LONDON, 161 P.
CIMRI
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SMALL LENSES AND BLANKETS OF KAOLIN ARE OVERLAIN BY ABOUT 1 M OF SOIL. THE KAOLIN GRADES DOWNWARD INTO PARENT ROCK AND ITS THICKNESS RARELY EXCEEDS 10 M. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1990 | Orris, Greta J. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-MAR-1993 | Lopez, Tony | U.S. Geological Survey |
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