Guanacaste
Occurrence

A-3

Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Chromium
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Commodities
PrimaryChromium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model15: Podiform chromite (minor)
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formPOD
Materials
Ore mineralsChromite
Geology
Host rockDunite
AlterationOre Consists Of Massive And Altered, Or Laterized, Chromite
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10007795
MRDS IDCS00006
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates10.87326, -85.65552
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.