Commodities
PrimaryManganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model97: Volcanogenic Mn
Deposit sizeN
Geology
Host rockShale
StructureLow-Angle Fault Striking Nw And Dipping 35 Ne
Tectonic settingNicoya Ophiolite Complex?
AlterationSilicification
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10007820
MRDS IDCS00038
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates10.37607, -85.84164
References
WEBBER, B. N., 1942, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF COSTA RICA, CENTRAL AMERICA: AM. INST MIN. METALL. PETROL. ENG. TECH. PUB. 1445, P. 5-6.KUYPERS, E. P., AND DENYER CH., PERCY, 1979, LOS YACIMIENTOS MANGANESIFEROS DE LAS RADIOLARITAS DEL COMPLEJO OFIOLITICO DE NICOYA, COSTA RICA: CIENC. TEC., V. 3, NO. 1, P. 81-97.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.