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Plan De Milagro

Producer in Morona-Santiago, Ecuador with commodity Brick Clay
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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 10023501
MRDS ID I000495
Record type Site
Current site name Plan De Milagro

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.41645, -2.96493 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morona-Santiago(province)

Ecuador(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Ecuador Morona-Santiago

Comments on the location information

  • SW OF GENERAL PLAZA. LAT-LONG IS FOR THE TOWN OF GENERAL PLAZA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Brick Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE CLAY CONTAINS A LARGE AMOUNT OF ORGANIC MATERIAL IN THE FORM OF PLANT ROOTS AND DECAYED ORGANIC MATTER.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Illite Ore
Muscovite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Mild Metamorphism

Analytical data

Result CLAY FIRES RED OR BROWN OR WHITE. REPRESENTATIVE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF ILLITES: 53.3-72.4% SIO2, 1.0-1.2% TIO2, 15.9-30.7% AL2O3, 0.7-4.2% FE2O3, 0.3-1.1% MGO, 0.0-0.1% CAO, 0.6-0.8% NA2O, 2.9-5.6% K2O, 5.0-8.1% LOI.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.41645, -2.96493
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • PHYLLITES ARE BLACK, GREEN OR GRAY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

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

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS FORMED FROM ELUVIAL WEATHERING OF LOW-GRADE METAMORPHIC ROCKS. THE CLAY DEPOSITS REACH A DEPTH OF A FEW TENS OF CENTIMETERS TO ABOUT 2 M.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1990 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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