Mine detail: Tajo Finca El Tanque

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Location: Guanacaste, Costa Rica, North America
Lat / long: 10.2394, -85.18356
dep_id: 10066156
mrds_id: TC42171
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Sedimentary
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Shale
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit: Brito Formation
hrock_type: Shale,Siltstone
References:
  • Deposit:: BERRANGE, J. P., MATHER, S.J., MORALES, C., NURY, AND ALVARADO V., FERNANDO, 1990, THE NON-METALLIC INDUSTRIAL MINERALS AND ROCKS OF COSTA RICA: SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA, PROYECTO ANGLO-COSTARRICENSE DE MINERALES INDUSTRIALES (PACOMI), 181 P
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: BERRANGE ET AL (1990).
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