Mine detail: El Licor Mine

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Location: Guanacaste, Costa Rica, North America
Lat / long: 10.31635, -85.79025
dep_id: 10090455
mrds_id: CS00066
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
orebody_fm: LENTICULAR
model: 97: Volcanogenic Mn
alteration: Silicification
Reporter: Howe, Stephen S., Mosier, Dan
hrock_type: Shale
arock_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
References:
  • 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.
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