Exploración de composición litológica, mineralógica y química de suelos del sector Alamala - Catamayo, polígono 1.

Abstract

The present research was realized on the South of the Ecuador in the province of Loja, canton Catamayo, parish San Pedro de la Bendita; Through the micro and macro recognition of the lithologies, their geomorphology, its ambiences of formation and structures that make up the area, the respective geological cartography and the geological survey was carried out in which 64 outcrops and found 8 types of lithologies, among them andesitic lavas, crystal tuffs, volcanic breccias, lithic tuffs, shales, siltstones, conglomerates and alluvial deposits; chemical tests were also carried out, with a total of 15 samples collected with a sampling mesh (1x1 km2) with the purpose of knowing its chemical composition by X-ray Diffraction analysis and X-ray Fluorescence analysis, the latter in order to know the chemical composition of majority elements to correlate with the basement and corroborate the anomalies present in the subsoil layer according to your baselines or background.