Commodities
PrimaryManganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model97: Volcanogenic Mn
Deposit sizeN
Geology
Host rockChert
Associated rockBasalt
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10007826
MRDS IDCS00047
Alternate namesOne Prospect No. 2 of Sears 1919 Is At the Old Iglesias Workings.
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates10.36357, -85.76941
References
SEARS, J. D., 1919, DEPOSITS OF MANGANESE ORE IN COSTA RICA: U.S. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 710-C, P. 75.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.