Mine detail: Penas Blancas

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Location

Lat / long: 10.12608, -84.67911

Resource(N)

Primary: Diatomite
Ore: Diatomite
Gangue: Cristobalite, Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host type:Lake Sediments
Associated type:Andesite

References

MRDSTC42257
DEP10066226
Reference{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}
ReporterPage, Norman J.