Commodities
PrimaryManganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model97: Volcanogenic Mn
Deposit sizeN
Geology
Host rockBasalt
StructureBasalt Is Sheared
Tectonic settingNicoya Ophiolite Complex
AlterationSilicification
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10007849
MRDS IDCS00077
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates10.2219, -85.80136
References
ROBERTS, R. J., 1944, MANGANESE DEPOSITS IN COSTA RICA: U.S. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 935-H, P. 402.KUYPERS, E. P., AND DENYER CH., PERCY, 1979, VOLCANIC EXHALATIVE MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE NICOYA OPHIOLITE COMPLEX, COSTA RICA: ECON. GEOL., V. 74, P. 672-678.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. 151, 153.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.