Pasaje

Occurrence in El Oro, Ecuador with commodities Manganese, Copper, Barium-Barite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  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 10063779
MRDS ID TC37760
Record type Site
Current site name Pasaje
Alternate or previous names Mina Sacachispas

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.73064, -3.26214 (WGS84)
Relative position 26 KM S89E OF MACHALA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Oro(province)

Ecuador(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Ecuador El Oro

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Rhodonite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.73064, -3.26214

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • STOLL (1962) DESCRIBES THE DEPOSIT AS LENSES OF QUARTZ (WITH PSILOMELANE AND RHODONITE) IN QUARTZITE AND SCHIST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESEREVS ESTIMATED AT 500,000 TO 50,000,000 TONS OF 58% MN ORE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOOSSENS, P.J., 1972, METALLOGENY IN ECUADORIAN ANDES: ECON. GEOL., VOL. 67(4), P. 458-468.

  • 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

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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