Commodities
PrimaryManganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model97: Volcanogenic Mn
Deposit sizeN
Geology
Host rockChert
Associated rockBasalt
Tectonic settingNicoya Ophiolite Complex
AlterationSilicification
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10007823
MRDS IDCS00043
Alternate namesPlaya Pedregosa Prospect
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates10.37051, -85.8458
References
ROBERTS, R. J., 1944, MANGANESE DEPOSITS IN COSTA RICA: U.S. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 935-H, P. 393.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. 149, 150.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.