Mine detail: San Miguel De Turrucares

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Location: Puntarenas, Costa Rica, North America
Lat / long: 9.71888, -84.32299
dep_id: 10066228
mrds_id: TC42259
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Diatomite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Diatomite
gangue: Cristobalite, Feldspar, Kaolin, Mica, Quartz
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_type: Lake Sediments
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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