Commodities
PrimaryManganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model97: Volcanogenic Mn
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formREPLACEMENT BODIES, POCKETS, VEINS
Materials
Ore mineralsBementite, Braunite
Geology
Host rockShale
Tectonic settingNicoya Ophiolite Complex
AlterationBasalt Is Altered
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10007853
MRDS IDCS00083
Alternate namesLagarto Area
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates10.12747, -85.74579
References
SEARS, J. D., 1919, DEPOSITS OF MANGANESE ORE IN COSTA RICA: U.S. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 710-C, P. 71-72.ROBERTS, R. J., 1944, MANGANESE DEPOSITS IN COSTA RICA: U.S. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 935-H, P. 403.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)