Mine detail: El Boquete Del Ramo Prospects

Previously called 'Justo Perez Prospects'

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Location: Guanacaste, Costa Rica, North America
Lat / long: 10.508, -85.65968
dep_id: 10090444
mrds_id: CS00017
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron, Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
orebody_fm: LENTICULAR
model: 97: Volcanogenic Mn
alteration: Igneous Rock Is Altered.
Reporter: Howe, Stephen S.
Structure: Both Orebodies Are Sheared Along Their Walls.
tectonic: Nicoya Ophiolite Complex?
References:
  • Deposit:: SEARS, J. D., 1919, DEPOSITS OF MANGANESE ORE IN COSTA RICA: U.S. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 710-C, P. 77-78.
  • Deposit:: ROBERTS, R. J., 1944, MANGANESE DEPOSITS IN COSTA RICA: U.S. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 935-H, P. 410-411.
  • Deposit:: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, DIRECCION GENERAL DE GEOLOGIA, MINAS E HIDROCARBUROS, UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA, 1987, MINERAL RESOURCE ASSESSMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF COSTA RICA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATION SERIES MAP I-1865, 75 P.
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