Saloya

Occurrence in Ecuador with commodities Platinum, Nickel, Iron

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10039026
MRDS ID	M046542
Record type	Site
Current site name	Saloya
Alternate or previous names	Rio Yambi

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-78.78312, -0.1984 (WGS84)
Relative position	22 MILES WEST OF QUITO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ecuador(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Ecuador

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Platinum Critical	Secondary
Nickel Critical	Secondary
Iron	Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-78.78312, -0.1984	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Pichancha Province

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M046542

Bibliographic references

Deposit

MINERAL INDEX MAP REPUBLIC OF ECUADOR, SCALE 1:1,000,000, 1969: MINISTERIO DE INDUSTRIAS Y COMERCIO

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-MAR-1976	Blair, Will N.	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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