Mine detail: Playa Respingue

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Location: Guanacaste, Costa Rica, North America
Lat / long: 10.87048, -85.84303
dep_id: 10007798
mrds_id: CS00009
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Chromium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chromite
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: POD
model: 15: Podiform chromite (minor)
Reporter: Howe, Stephen S.
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:: 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.
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