Mine detail: El Licor Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

10.31635, -85.79025

Resource(M)

Primary:	Manganese
Orebody form:	LENTICULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Shale
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Fault At N End Of Western Pit Of The Northern Workings Places Ore In Contact With Diorite Or Basalt And May Repeat Orebody.
Tectonic:	Nicoya Ophiolite Complex
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	CS00066
DEP	10090455
Reference	{Deposit:: WEBBER, B. N., 1942, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF COSTA RICA, CENTRAL AMERICA: AM. INST. MIN. METALL. PETROL. ENG. TECH. PUB. 1445, P. 5.}{Deposit:: ROBERTS, R. J., 1944, MANGANESE DEPOSITS IN COSTA RICA: U.S. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 935-H, P. 397-398.}{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.}
Reporter	Howe, Stephen S., Mosier, Dan