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Macuchi

Producer in Cotopaxi, Ecuador with commodities Copper, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Silver, Barium-Barite, Iron
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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. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063769
MRDS ID TC37740
Record type Site
Current site name Macuchi

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.03313, -0.89836 (WGS84)
Relative position THE MACUCHI DISTRICT IS CENTERED 85 KM S40W OF QUITO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cotopaxi(province)

Ecuador(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Ecuador Cotopaxi

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Barium-Barite Critical Secondary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Macuchi Formation
    Rock description Macuchi Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.03313, -0.89836
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • POLYMETALLIC VEINS ASSOCIATED WITH TERTIARY VOLCANIC INTRUSIVE COMPLEX.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Macuchi

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOOSSENS, P.J., 1972, METALLOGENY IN ECUADORIAN ANDES, ECON. GEOL., VOL. 67, P. 458-468.

  • Deposit

    GOOSSENS, P.J., FOZZARD, P.M., AND MOSQUERA, C.C., 1969, MINERAL INDEX MAP REPUBLIC OF EQUADOR: NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA Y MINERA, MINISTERIO DE INDUSTRIAS Y COMERCIO, QUITO, EQUADOR, SCALE 1:1,000,000.

  • Deposit

    PALADINES, P.A., SAN MARTIN, D.H., AND SUAREZ, L.H., 1980, MAPA METALOGENICO DE LA REPUBLICA DEL ECUADOR: MINISTERIO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y ENERGETICOS, SCALE 1:1,000,000.

  • Deposit

    STOLL, W.C., 1962, NOTES ON THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF ECUADOR, ECON. GEOL., VOL. 57(5), P. 799-808.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    STOLL (1962).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1993 Miller, Charles P., Lopez, Tony U.S. Geological Survey

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