Mine detail: Playa Boca De Estrella

Previously called 'Bonifacio'

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Location: Limon, Costa Rica, North America
Lat / long: 9.78027, -82.91517
dep_id: 10007877
mrds_id: CS00111
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:: FRASER, LEE, 1911, COSTA RICA MINERAL RESOURCES: MIN. SCIENT. PRESS, V. 102, P. 132.
  • Deposit:: SANDOVAL M., L. F., SAENZ R., RODRIGO, CHAVES C., RONALD, BRENES M., M. A., AND RUIZ M., M. A., 1977, MAPA METALOGENETICO DE COSTA RICA, 1:500,000: 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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