Mine detail: A-5

Location:	Guanacaste, Costa Rica, North America
Lat / long:	10.87187, -85.66524
dep_id:	10007796
mrds_id:	CS00007
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
Reporter:	Howe, Stephen S., Mosier, Dan
hrock_type:	Dunite
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.