Mine detail: Paraiso Prospects

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Location: Cartago, Costa Rica, North America
Lat / long: 9.8622, -83.80964
dep_id: 10007988
mrds_id: CS00252
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Aluminum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Gibbsite
orebody_fm: BLANKET
model: 111: Bauxite, laterite type
Reporter: Howe, Stephen S. (Cox, Dennis P.)
References:
  • Deposit:: DONDOLI B., CESAR, 1970, LOCALIZATION DE UN HORIZONTE LATERITICO BAUXITICO EN LA ZONA DE PARAISO DE CARTAGO: COSTA RICA, DIR. GEOL. MINAS PETROL., INF. TEC. NOTAS GEOL., V. 9, NO. 6, 21 P.
  • Deposit:: ASHLEY, B. E., AND BRIGGS, R. C., 1970, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA: MINERALS YEARBOOK 1970, V. 3, P. 898.
  • Deposit:: PATTERSON, S. H., KURTZ, H. F., OLSON, J. C., AND NEELEY, C. L., IN PRESS, GEOLOGY AND RESOURCES OF ALUMINUM; WORLD BAUXITE RESOURCES: U.S. GEOL. SURV. PROF. PAPER 1076-B.
  • 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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