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Shucos

Producer in Chimborazo, Ecuador with commodity Sulfur
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  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 10100835
MRDS ID TC37802
Record type Site
Current site name Shucos

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.82896, -2.15247 (WGS84)
Relative position 57 KM S20W OF RIOBAMBA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chimborazo(province)

Ecuador(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Ecuador Chimborazo

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Alausi Formation
    Rock description Alausi Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.82896, -2.15247
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SHUCOS IS SITUATED IN A ZONE OF HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED ANDESITE PORPHYRY OR RHYOLITE. THE SULFUR IS CRYSTALLINE IN THE RHYOLITE AND DISSEMINATED IN THE ANDESITE PORPHYRY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1971, SHUCOS PRODUCED 1,188 TONS OF SULFUR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INEMIN INSTITUTO ECUATORIANO MINERALIA, 1987, MAPA CATASTRAL MINERO ECUATORIANO.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    DIRECCION GENERAL DE GEOLOGIA Y MINAS, 1975, MAPA GEOLOGICO DEL ECUADOR, ALAUSI (HOJA 71), SCALE 1:100,000.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    MAPA GEOLOGICO - HOJA 71 (1975).

  • Reserve-Resource

    STOLL (1962).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1993 Lopez, Tony 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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