Cayapas River

Producer in Ecuador with commodities Gold, Platinum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039028
MRDS ID M046544
Record type Site
Current site name Cayapas River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.99979, -1.08168 (WGS84)
Relative position 45 MILE EAST OF ESMERALDAS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ecuador(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Ecuador

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.99979, -1.08168

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Esmeraldas Province

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LUMB, 1920, THE PLATINUM METALS: IMPERIAL INSTITUTE, P. 58

  • Deposit

    QUIRING, 1962, DIE METALLISCHEN ROHSTOFFE, PLATINMETALLE 16 BAND, ENKE VERLAG STUTTGART, P. 154

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.