Mine detail: La Victoria Mine

Location:	Guanacaste, Costa Rica, North America
Lat / long:	10.11914, -85.76246
dep_id:	10007854
mrds_id:	CS00084
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Manganese
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
orebody_fm:	PODS, VEINS
model:	97: Volcanogenic Mn
alteration:	Silicification
Reporter:	Howe, Stephen S., Mosier, Dan
hrock_type:	Shale
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. 404. Deposit:: KUYPERS, E. P., AND DENYER CH., PERCY, 1979, VOLCANOGENIC EXHALATIVE MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE NICOYA OPHIOLITE COMPLEX, COSTA RICA: ECON. GEOL., V. 74, P. 672-678. 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)