Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Iron, Manganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model90: Massive sulfide, Cyprus
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formLENTICULAR
Geology
Host rockBasalt
Tectonic settingNicoya Ophiolite Complex
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10007885
MRDS IDCS00119
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates10.30801, -85.79858
References
ORGANIZACION DE LOS ESTADOS AMERICANOS, 1978, DIAGNOSTICO DEL SECTOR MINERO: SAN JOSE, ORGANIZACION DE LOS ESTADOS AMERICANOS, P. 37.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.