Commodities
PrimaryManganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model97: Volcanogenic Mn
Deposit sizeS
Materials
Ore mineralsBraunite, Pyrolusite, Wad
Geology
Host rockBasalt
Tectonic settingNicoya Ophiolite Complex
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1937
Identification
Deposit ID10007857
MRDS IDCS00089
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates10.08025, -85.71107
References
ROBERTS, R. J., 1944, MANGANESE DEPOSITS IN COSTA RICA: U.S. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 935-H, P. 408.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.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)