Commodities
PrimaryManganese, Iron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model97: Volcanogenic Mn
Deposit sizeN
Geology
Host rockShale
Associated rockBasalt
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10007810
MRDS IDCS00026
Alternate namesBrazilito Bay Occurrence, Brasilito Occurrence
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates10.408, -85.79719
References
SEARS, J. D., 1919, DEPOSITS OF MANGANESE ORE IN COSTA RICA: U.S. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 710-C, P. 76.HEIN, J. R., KUIJPERS, E. P., DENYER, PERCY, AND SLINEY, R. E., 1983, PETROLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF CRETACEOUS AND PALEOGENE CHERTS FROM WESTERN COSTA RICA, IN IIJIMA, A., HEIN, J. R., AND SIEVER, R., EDS., SILICEOUS DEPOSITS IN THE PACIFIC REGION: AMSTERDAM, ELSEVIER SCIENTIFIC PUB. CO., P. 148, 150.DE BOER, J., 1979, THE OUTER ARC OF THE COSTA RICAN OROGEN (OCEANIC BASEMENT COMPLEXES OF THE NICOYA AND SANTA ELENA PENINSULAS): TECTONOPHYS., V. 56, P. 221-259.GURSKY, H.-J., AND SCHMIDT-EFFING, R., 1983, SEDIMENTOLOGY OF RADIOLARITES WITHIN THE NICOYA OPHIOLITE COMPLEX, COSTA RICA, CENTRAL AMERICA, IN IIJIMA, A., HEIN, J. R., AND SIEVER, R., EDS., SILICEOUS DEPOSITS IN THE PACIFIC REGION: AMSTERDAM, ELSEVIER SCI. PUB. CO., P. 127-142.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.