Mine detail: Miramar Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 10.37607, -85.84164

Resource(M)

Primary: Manganese

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host type:Shale
Structure:Low-Angle Fault Striking Nw And Dipping 35 Ne
Tectonic:Nicoya Ophiolite Complex?
Alteration processes:Silicification

References

MRDSCS00038
DEP10007820
Reference{Deposit:: WEBBER, B. N., 1942, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF COSTA RICA, CENTRAL AMERICA: AM. INST MIN. METALL. PETROL. ENG. TECH. PUB. 1445, P. 5-6.}{Deposit:: KUYPERS, E. P., AND DENYER CH., PERCY, 1979, LOS YACIMIENTOS MANGANESIFEROS DE LAS RADIOLARITAS DEL COMPLEJO OFIOLITICO DE NICOYA, COSTA RICA: CIENC. TEC., V. 3, NO. 1, P. 81-97.}{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.}
ReporterHowe, Stephen S., Mosier, Dan