La Tigrera

Producer in El Oro, Ecuador with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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 10100828
MRDS ID TC37724
Record type Site
Current site name La Tigrera
Alternate or previous names La Soledad

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.63314, -3.21492 (WGS84)
Relative position 77 KM S64W OF CUENCA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Oro(province)

Ecuador(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Ecuador El Oro
Ecuador Azuay

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.63314, -3.21492

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THIS SITE IS AN OXIDIZED 300M WIDE BRECCIA PIPE WITH DIORITE HORNBLENDE PORPHYRY BOULDERS SET IN A FERRUGINOUS CLAY MATRIX.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on development

  • 5.48 G/TON AU IN ONE ADIT AT 36 M DEPTH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    GEMUTS, I., LOPEZ, G., AND JIMENEZ, F., 1992, GOLD DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN ECUADOR, SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS NEWSLETTER, NO. 11, OCT. 1992, P. 14-16.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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