Mine detail: El Cacao Mine

Previously called 'Lagarto Area'

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Location

Lat / long: 10.12747, -85.74579

Resource(M)

Primary: Manganese
Ore: Bementite, Braunite
Orebody form: REPLACEMENT BODIES, POCKETS, VEINS

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Shale
Tectonic:Nicoya Ophiolite Complex
Alteration processes:Basalt Is Altered

References

MRDSCS00083
DEP10007853
Reference{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)}
ReporterHowe, Stephen S., Mosier, Dan