Mine detail: Quebrada Piedra Azul

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Location: Puntarenas, Costa Rica, North America
Lat / long: 8.37811, -83.00546
dep_id: 10066237
mrds_id: TC42268
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Clay
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Sedimentary
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Glauconite
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit: Pavones Formation
hrock_type: Clastic Sedimentary Rock
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
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