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La Plata

Producer in Pichincha, Ecuador with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc
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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. Ownership information
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063755
MRDS ID TC37708
Record type Site
Current site name La Plata

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.94701, -0.35978 (WGS84)
Relative position 56 KM S70W OF QUITO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pichincha(province)

Ecuador(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Ecuador Pichincha

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Sphalerite 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) -78.94701, -0.35978
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Minera Toachi, S. A. (39% Outokumpu Oy)

Comments on the production information

  • INCLUDES 24 METRIC TONS OF AU-PYRITE CONCENTRATE IN 1981.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1985
    Total resources 233000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 4.77 wt-pct Copper Major 1985
    Silver Ag 43.16 g/mt Silver Major 1985
    Gold Au 2.87 g/mt Gold Major 1985

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • (1)POSSIBLE RESERVES OF 100,000 TONS OF 6.2% CU, 0.27 OZ AU/TON, AND 2.1 OZ AU/TON. (2) 233,000 MT GRADING 4.77% CU, 2.35% ZN, 2.87% GM/MT AU AND 43.16 GM/MT AG. MINE CLOSED IN DECEMBER 1982.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    MINISTERIO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y ENERGETICOS, 1982, MAPA GEOLOGICO NACIONAL DE LA REPUBLICA DEL ECUADOR, SCALE 1:1,000,000.

  • 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., SANMARTIN, 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

    MINING JOURNAL, 1982, PROFILE ON ECUADOR, VOL. 298, NO. 7657, P. 367-368.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    PUIG, C.A., 1984, ECUADOR LOOKING TO MINING INCOME TO SUPPLEMENT OIL REVENUES, ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, VOL. 185, P. 85, 89, 92.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING, DEC. 1983, P. 190.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    WORLD MINING (1983).

Reporter information

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

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