Mine detail: Playa Real Mines

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 10.38301, -85.84164

Resource(M)

Primary: Manganese
Ore: Bixbyite, Braunite, Hollandite, Pyrolusite, Wad
Orebody form: THIN ELONGATE TO LENTICULAR, SUBHORIZONTAL BODIES, IRREGULAR POCKETS, RESIDUAL CAPPING

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Last production ended: 1918

Geology

Host type:Shale
Structure:Several Faults Cut Orebodies While Others Are Subparallel To Ore Lenses
Tectonic:Nicoya Ophiolite Complex
Alteration processes:Silicification

References

MRDSCS00035
DEP10007817
Reference{Deposit:: SEARS, J. D., 1919, DEPOSITS OF MANGANESE ORE IN COSTA RICA: U.S. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 710-C, P. 68-70.}{Deposit:: ROBERTS, R. J., 1944, MANGANESE DEPOSITS IN COSTA RICA: U.S. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 935-H, P. 392.}{Deposit:: KUYPERS, E. P., AND DENYER CH., PERCY, 1979, VOLCANIC EXHALATIVE MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE NICOYA OPHIOLITE COMPLEX, COSTA RICA: ECON. GEOL., V. 74, P. 672-678.}{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. 149, 150.}{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.}{Production:: SEARS (1919), ROBERTS (1944)}
ReporterHowe, Stephen S., Mosier, Dan