Commodities
PrimaryManganese, Iron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model97: Volcanogenic Mn
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formPOCKETS, VEINLETS, AND DISSEMINATIONS
Geology
Host rockBasalt
StructureContacts Between Jasper And Basalt Are Commonly Sheared
Tectonic settingNicoya Ophiolite Complex
AlterationSilicification
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10007858
MRDS IDCS00090
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates10.07886, -85.66246
References
ROBERTS, R. J., 1944, MANGANESE DEPOSITS IN COSTA RICA: U.S. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 935-H, P. 405.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.