Commodities
PrimaryManganese, Iron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model97: Volcanogenic Mn
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formVEIN, LENTICULAR
Geology
Host rockShale
StructureSlickensided Surfaces On Boulders Of Light-Colored And Red Metamorphic Rock
Tectonic settingNicoya Ophiolite Complex
AlterationSilicification
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10090459
MRDS IDCS00085
Alternate namesLa Cuesta De Matamba Occurrence
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates10.11914, -85.44302
References
SEARS, J. D., 1919, DEPOSITS OF MANGANESE ORE IN COSTA RICA: U.S. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 710-C, P. 79.ROBERTS, R. J., 1944, MANGANESE DEPOSITS IN COSTA RICA: U.S. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 935-H, P. 411.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.