Commodities
PrimaryChromium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model15: Podiform chromite (minor)
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formPOD
Geology
Host rockDunite
Associated rockGabbro
AlterationOre Consists Of Massive And Altered, Or Laterized, Chromite. Lateritic Soil Is Less Completely Developed At This Prospect Than At Prospects Of Mrds Rec. Nos. 3-8 (Area A Of Jager (1977)).
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10007791
MRDS IDCS00002
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates10.88576, -85.7569
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.