Mine detail: Rio Blanco

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Location: Cartago, Costa Rica, North America
Lat / long: 9.7211, -83.52047
dep_id: 10066233
mrds_id: TC42264
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Barium-Barite
Minor mineral: Lead, Zinc, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Residual
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Barite
gangue: Quartz
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
arock_type: Siltstone,Sandstone,Limestone
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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