Mine detail: Playa Blanca

Previously called 'Punta Gorda'

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Location: Guanacaste, Costa Rica, North America
Lat / long: 10.53439, -85.76385
dep_id: 10007871
mrds_id: CS00105
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:: SANDOVAL M., FELIPE, 1969, MINING POTENTIAL IN COSTA RICA: COSTA RICA, DIR. GEOL. MINAS PETROL., INF. TEC. NOTAS GEOL., V. 8, NO. 32, P. 5.
  • Deposit:: CASTRO M., J. F., AND VARGAS R., J. E., 1982, MAPA DE RECURSOS MINERALES DE COSTA RICA, 1:750,000: DIRECCION DE GEOLOGIA Y MINAS, 1 SHEET.
  • 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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