Mine detail: Punta Uvita Occurrence

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Location: Puntarenas, Costa Rica, North America
Lat / long: 9.15669, -83.74991
dep_id: 10007993
mrds_id: CS00261
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Aluminum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Bauxite
orebody_fm: BLANKET
model: 111: Bauxite, laterite type
Reporter: Howe, Stephen S.
References:
  • Deposit:: ASHLEY, B. E., 1967, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF CENTRAL AMERICAN AREAS; COSTA RICA: MINERALS YEARBOOK 1967, V. 4, P. 900.
  • 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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