Cascajo

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097377
MRDS ID TC37624
Record type Site
Current site name Cascajo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.44981, -2.99825 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Azuay(province)

Ecuador(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Ecuador Azuay

Comments on the location information

  • JUST EAST OF CUACHA PORPHYRY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.44981, -2.99825

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • POROUS AND SINTERLIKE SILICIFIED ROCKS WITH ALUNITE AND GOLD ABOVE RHYOLITE DOMES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SEG NEWSLETTER, NO. 11, OCT. 1992, P.15

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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