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El Descanso

Producer in Morona-Santiago, Ecuador with commodity Kaolin
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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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106743
MRDS ID I000494
Record type Site
Current site name El Descanso

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.38311, -2.89827 (WGS84)
Relative position 68 KM EAST OF CUENCA.

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

  • SOUTHWEST OF GENERAL PLAZA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Gangue
Illite Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result LOW NON-KAOLINITE MINERAL CONTENT GIVES THIS CLAY GOOD PLASTICITY AND ADEQUATE RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES. THE CLAY FIRES WHITE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.38311, -2.89827
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

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

Comments on the production information

  • 2000 MT/MONTH ARE PRODUCED BY EL DESCANSO AND PLAN GRANDE MINES.

Comments on the workings information

  • ORE IS MINED BY HAND.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: ORE IS TRANSPORTED BY TRUCK TO CUENCA AND QUITO FOR PROCESSING.

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

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

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

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

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