Mine detail: Playa Ocotol

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Location: Guanacaste, Costa Rica, North America
Lat / long: 10.5455, -85.72357
dep_id: 10007870
mrds_id: CS00104
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron, Titanium, Metal
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Magnetite
orebody_fm: BLANKET
Reporter: Howe, Stephen S.
hrock_type: Sand and Gravel
References:
  • Deposit:: WEYL, RICHARD, 1969, MAGNETITSANDE DER KUSTE NICOYAS (COSTA RICA, MITTELAMERIKA): NEUES JAHRBH. GEOL. PALAON. MONAT., JAHRG. 1969, P. 499-511.
  • Deposit:: GUILD, P. W., 1981, PRELIMINARY METALLOGENIC MAP OF NORTH AMERICA; A NUMERICAL LISTING OF DEPOSITS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 858-A, P. 36.
  • 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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