Mine detail: Pavones Mine

Previously called 'Buena Vista Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 9.98581, -85.20273

Resource(M)

Primary: Manganese
Ore: Pyrolusite
Orebody form: LENSES, POCKETS, AND VEINS

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Last production ended: 1918

Geology

Host type:Shale
Structure:Small N- And Nw-Trending Faults Offset And Repeat Orebodies
Tectonic:Nicoya Ophiolite Complex
Alteration processes:Silicification

References

MRDSCS00098
DEP10007864
Reference{Deposit:: SEARS, J. D., 1919, DEPOSITS OF MANGANESE ORE IN COSTA RICA: U.S. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 710-C, P. 79-82.}{Deposit:: ROBERTS, R. J., 1944, MANGANESE DEPOSITS IN COSTA RICA: U.S. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 935-H, P. 413.}{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:: SEARS (1919)}
ReporterHowe, Stephen S., Mosier, Dan