Mine detail: B-7

Location:	Guanacaste, Costa Rica, North America
Lat / long:	10.88715, -85.76107
dep_id:	10007790
mrds_id:	CS00001
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Chromium
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Occurrence
ore:	Chromite
orebody_fm:	POD
model:	15: Podiform chromite (minor)
alteration:	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)).
Reporter:	Howe, Stephen S., Mosier, Dan
hrock_type:	Dunite
arock_type:	Mafic Intrusive Rock
Structure:	Numerous Generally S-Dipping Fractures. Mafic Dikes Appear To Limit Mineralization Towards The E.
References:	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.