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Marcabeli

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023503
MRDS ID I000497
Record type Site
Current site name Marcabeli

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.93315, -3.7149 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ecuador(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Ecuador

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Albite Ore
Feldspar Ore
Microcline Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ALBITE > MICROCLINE. THE MARCABELI FELDSPAR POSSESSES GOOD VITRIFICATION PROPERTIES AND YIELDS A PINK TO BROWNISH-PINK BODY WHEN FIRED BETWEEN 1080 AND 1120 DEG C. REPRESENTATIVE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF THE FELDSPAR: 66.5% SIO2, 0.1% TIO2, 19.6% AL2O3, 0.1% FE2O3, 0.0% MGO, 0.1% CAO, 8.3% NA2O, 4.2% K2O, 0.8% LOI.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.93315, -3.7149
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

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

Comments on the production information

  • 4000-5000 TPA ARE MINED.

Comments on the workings information

  • MINING IS HINDERED BY THE RAINY SEASONS AND ACCESS TO THE MINING SITES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    MUFF AND FIEDERLING-KAPTEINAT, 1988.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FELDSPAR FORMS APLITIC VEINS IN GRANITIC ROCKS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-90 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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