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Pie Paloma Prospect

Occurrence in Guanacaste, Costa Rica with commodity Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10007850
MRDS ID CS00078
Record type Site
Current site name Pie Paloma Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.80691, 10.21774 (WGS84)
Elevation 183

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Guanacaste(province)

Costa Rica(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Costa Rica Guanacaste

Comments on the location information

  • 800 M SW OF THE JUDAS PROSPECT (MRDS-REV REC. NO. 66, MRDS REC. NO. 77) AND 3 KM FROM THE PACIFIC OCEAN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 97
USGS model code 24c
Deposit model name Volcanogenic Mn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.80691, 10.21774
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Zone Trending N 20 E

Ore body information

  • Length 90M
    Width 9M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE SHALE STRIKES N 20 W AND DIPS 35 SW.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rio Seco-Lagarto District

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ORE GRADE TOO LOW TO WARRANT FURTHER EXPLORATION.

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO OPEN CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R. J., 1944, MANGANESE DEPOSITS IN COSTA RICA: U.S. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 935-H, P. 402.

  • 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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIN VEINLETS OF MN OXIDES ALONG FRACTURE SURFACES IN A JASPER ZONE, THE ZONE TRENDING N 20 E FOLLOWING A FAULT ZONE IN SHALE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1986 Howe, Stephen S. U.S. Geological Survey PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Editor 27-APR-1995 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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