Commodities
PrimaryChromium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model15: Podiform chromite (minor)
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formPOD
Geology
Host rockDunite
Associated rockMafic Intrusive Rock
StructureNumerous Generally S-Dipping Fractures. Mafic Dikes Appear To Limit Mineralization Towards The E.
AlterationOre Consists Of Massive And Altered, Or Laterized, Chromite. Lateritic Soil Is Less Completely Developed, Fe Oxides Less Abundant, And Serpentinization More Intense At This Prospect Than At The Prospects Of Mrds Rec. Nos. 3-8 (Area A Of Jager (1977)).
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10007790
MRDS IDCS00001
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates10.88715, -85.76107
References
JAGER C., GERARDO, 1977, GEOLOGIA DE LAS MINERALIZACIONES DE CROMITA AL ESTE DE LA PENINSULA DE SANTA ELENA, PROVINCIA DE GUANACASTE, COSTA RICA: TESIS DE GRADO, UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA, 136 P.KUYPERS, E. P., AND JAGER C., G., 1979, MINERALIZACIONES DE CROMITA EN LA PENINSULA DE SANTA ELENA, COSTA RICA: CIENC. TEC., V. 3, NO. 1, P. 99-108.U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, DIRECCION GENERAL DE GEOLOGIA, MINAS E HIDROCARBUROS, UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA, 1987, MINERAL RESOURCE ASSESSMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF COSTA RICA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATION SERIES MAP I-1865, 75 P.