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Samael

Producer in Azuay, Ecuador with commodities Kaolin, Sulfur-Pyrite, Zeolites
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106742
MRDS ID I000489
Record type Site
Current site name Samael

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.13313, -2.96076 (WGS84)
Relative position 16 KM S61W OF CUENCA.

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

  • SOUTHWEST OF CUENCA AND WEST OF AZOGUAS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary
Sulfur-Pyrite Tertiary
Zeolites Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Halloysite Ore
Cristobalite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Zeolite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Kaolinisation

Analytical data

Result ABOUT 70% OF THE MINERAL ASSEMBLAGE IS MADE UP OF KAOLIN MINERALS.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Tarqui Formation
    Rock description Tarqui Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.13313, -2.96076
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ceramic Andina
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ceramica Andina

Comments on development

  • LOURDES MINE WAS ACTIVE IN 1994.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MUFF, ROLF, AND FIEDERLING-KAPTEINAT, HANS-GEORG, 1988, ECUADOR'S CERAMIC RAW MATERIAL--DEPOSITS, PRODUCTS, FUTURE ASPECTS: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 253, P. 55-63.

  • Deposit

    MUFF, ROLF, 1990, ALTERATION OF ANDESITIC ROCKS TO KAOLIN IN THE ECUADORIAN ANDES: GEOCHEMICAL, STATISTICAL AND MINERALOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS: GEOLOGISCHES JAHRBUCH, REIHE D, V. 96, P. 3-23.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL LENSES AND BLANKETS OF KAOLIN OVERLAIN BY ABOUT 1 M OF SOIL. THE KAOLIN GRADES DOWNWARDS INTO THE PARENT ROCK AND THE DEPOSITS ARE RARELY MORE THAN 10 M THICK. IN PLACES THE KAOLIN EXTENDS INTO THE PARENT ROCKS FOLLOWING FAULTS AND FRACTURES. PYRITE, OF LOW-TEMPERATURE ORIGIN, IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE IMMEDIATE HOST ROCK, AS ARE ZEOLITES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1990 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1993 Lopez, Tony U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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