Mine detail: El Rosario Occurrence

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Location: Guanacaste, Costa Rica, North America
Lat / long: 10.0233, -85.72357
dep_id: 10007863
mrds_id: CS00097
Commodity type: metallic
Trace mineral: Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
model: 97: Volcanogenic Mn
Reporter: Howe, Stephen S.
hrock_type: Basalt
arock_type: Basalt
tectonic: Nicoya Ophiolite Complex
References:
  • 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.
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