Mine detail: Bahia Brasilito Occurrence

Location:	Guanacaste, Costa Rica, North America
Lat / long:	10.408, -85.79719
dep_id:	10007810
mrds_id:	CS00026
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Manganese, Iron
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Occurrence
model:	97: Volcanogenic Mn
Reporter:	Howe, Stephen S., Mosier, Dan
hrock_type:	Shale
arock_type:	Basalt
References:	Deposit:: SEARS, J. D., 1919, DEPOSITS OF MANGANESE ORE IN COSTA RICA: U.S. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 710-C, P. 76. Deposit:: HEIN, J. R., KUIJPERS, E. P., DENYER, PERCY, AND SLINEY, R. E., 1983, PETROLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF CRETACEOUS AND PALEOGENE CHERTS FROM WESTERN COSTA RICA, IN IIJIMA, A., HEIN, J. R., AND SIEVER, R., EDS., SILICEOUS DEPOSITS IN THE PACIFIC REGION: AMSTERDAM, ELSEVIER SCIENTIFIC PUB. CO., P. 148, 150. Deposit:: DE BOER, J., 1979, THE OUTER ARC OF THE COSTA RICAN OROGEN (OCEANIC BASEMENT COMPLEXES OF THE NICOYA AND SANTA ELENA PENINSULAS): TECTONOPHYS., V. 56, P. 221-259. Deposit:: GURSKY, H.-J., AND SCHMIDT-EFFING, R., 1983, SEDIMENTOLOGY OF RADIOLARITES WITHIN THE NICOYA OPHIOLITE COMPLEX, COSTA RICA, CENTRAL AMERICA, IN IIJIMA, A., HEIN, J. R., AND SIEVER, R., EDS., SILICEOUS DEPOSITS IN THE PACIFIC REGION: AMSTERDAM, ELSEVIER SCI. PUB. CO., P. 127-142. 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.