Mine detail: B-7

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

10.88715, -85.76107

Resource(M)

Primary:	Chromium
Ore:	Chromite
Orebody form:	POD

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Dunite
Associated type:	Mafic Intrusive Rock
Structure:	Numerous Generally S-Dipping Fractures. Mafic Dikes Appear To Limit Mineralization Towards The E.
Alteration processes:	Ore Consists Of Massive And Altered, Or Laterized, Chromite. Lateritic Soil Is Less Completely Developed, Fe Oxides Less Abundant, And Serpentinization More Intense At This Prospect Than At The Prospects Of Mrds Rec. Nos. 3-8 (Area A Of Jager (1977)).

References

MRDS	CS00001
DEP	10007790
Reference	{Deposit:: JAGER C., GERARDO, 1977, GEOLOGIA DE LAS MINERALIZACIONES DE CROMITA AL ESTE DE LA PENINSULA DE SANTA ELENA, PROVINCIA DE GUANACASTE, COSTA RICA: TESIS DE GRADO, UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA, 136 P.}{Deposit:: KUYPERS, E. P., AND JAGER C., G., 1979, MINERALIZACIONES DE CROMITA EN LA PENINSULA DE SANTA ELENA, COSTA RICA: CIENC. TEC., V. 3, NO. 1, P. 99-108.}{Deposit:: 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.}
Reporter	Howe, Stephen S., Mosier, Dan