Mine detail: Santa Rosa Occurrence

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Location: Guanacaste, Costa Rica, North America
Lat / long: 10.30801, -85.79858
dep_id: 10007885
mrds_id: CS00119
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Iron, Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Pyrite
orebody_fm: LENTICULAR
model: 90: Massive sulfide, Cyprus
Reporter: Howe, Stephen S., Mosier, Dan
hrock_type: Basalt
tectonic: Nicoya Ophiolite Complex
References:
  • Deposit:: ORGANIZACION DE LOS ESTADOS AMERICANOS, 1978, DIAGNOSTICO DEL SECTOR MINERO: SAN JOSE, ORGANIZACION DE LOS ESTADOS AMERICANOS, P. 37.
  • 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.
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