Commodities
PrimaryManganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model97: Volcanogenic Mn
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formPOCKETS, VEINS
Geology
Host rockShale
Tectonic settingNicoya Ophiolite Complex
AlterationSilicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1938
Identification
Deposit ID10007846
MRDS IDCS00073
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates10.26774, -85.79164
References
ROBERTS, R. J., 1944, MANGANESE DEPOSITS IN COSTA RICA: U.S. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 935-H, P. 399.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.ROBERTS (1944)