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El Valle - Lucero

Producer in Loja, Ecuador with commodity Kaolin
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023502
MRDS ID I000496
Record type Site
Current site name El Valle - Lucero

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.2498, -3.89822 (WGS84)
Relative position 13 KM N25W OF LOJA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Loja(province)

Ecuador(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Ecuador Loja

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR LOJA. LAT-LONG IS FOR THE TOWN OF LOJA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Halloysite Ore
Allophane Gangue
Cristobalite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Kaolinisation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Tarqui Formation
    Rock description Tarqui Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.2498, -3.89822
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ceramic Andina
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ceramica Andina

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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, ECUADOR'S 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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL LENSES AND BLANKETS OF KAOLIN ARE OVERLAIN BY UP TO 1 M OF SOIL. THE KAOLIN GRADES DOWNWARDS INTO PARENT ROCK AND THE DEPOSITS RARELY EXCEED 10 M IN THICKNESS.

Reporter information

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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