Mine detail: Playa Boca De Carbon

Previously called 'Puerto ViejoPlaya CarbonHone Creek'

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Location: Limon, Costa Rica, North America
Lat / long: 9.6511, -82.75961
dep_id: 10007881
mrds_id: CS00115
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron, Titanium, Metal, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Gold, 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:: ANDERSON, S. M., 1963, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF COSTA RICA: MINERALS YEARBOOK 1963, V. 4, P. 68.
  • Deposit:: DENGO, GABRIEL, AND LEVY, ENRIQUE, 1970, ANOTACIONES AL MAPA METALOGENETICO DE AMERICA CENTRAL: INST. CENTOAM. INVES. TEC. INDUS. (ICAITI), PUBL. GEOL. ICAITI, NO. 3, APPENDIX 2.
  • Deposit:: CASTRO M., J. F., AND VARGAS R., J. E., 1982, MAPA DE RECURSOS MINERALES DE COSTA RICA, 1:750,000: DIRECCION DE GELOGIA 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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