Mine detail: Los Chanchos Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 10.08025, -85.71107

Resource(M)

Primary: Manganese
Ore: Braunite, Pyrolusite, Wad

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Last production ended: 1937

Geology

Host type:Basalt
Tectonic:Nicoya Ophiolite Complex

References

MRDSCS00089
DEP10007857
Reference{Deposit:: ROBERTS, R. J., 1944, MANGANESE DEPOSITS IN COSTA RICA: U.S. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 935-H, P. 408.}{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:: 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