Mine detail: Los Bolillos Mine

Previously called 'Roberts 1944 Reports That Mine May Formerly Have Been Called ElPavo Or Las Masas. Sears 1919 Calls These Deposits El Pavo and LasMesasAs Prospects In the Lagarto Area. Includes the Pozo Azul and PozoNorte Workings.'

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Location: Guanacaste, Costa Rica, North America
Lat / long: 10.1358, -85.70274
dep_id: 10007851
mrds_id: CS00080
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
orebody_fm: POCKETS AND VEINLETS IN JASPER ZONE
model: 97: Volcanogenic Mn
Reporter: Howe, Stephen S., Mosier, Dan
hrock_type: Basalt
tectonic: Nicoya Ophiolite Complex
References:
  • Deposit:: SEARS, J. D., 1919, DEPOSITS OF MANGANESE ORE IN COSTA RICA: U.S. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 710-C, P. 71-72.
  • Deposit:: ROBERTS, R. J., 1944, MANGANESE DEPOSITS IN COSTA RICA: U.S. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 935-H, P. 403.
  • 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:: ROBERTS (1944)
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