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Playa Boca De Carbon

Occurrence in Limon, Costa Rica with commodities Iron, Titanium, Metal, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10007881
MRDS ID CS00115
Record type Site
Current site name Playa Boca De Carbon
Alternate or previous names Puerto Viejo, Playa Carbon, Hone Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.75961, 9.6511 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Limon(province)

Costa Rica(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Costa Rica Limon

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR PUERTO VIEJO, ALONG THE CARIBBEAN COAST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.75961, 9.6511
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FRASER, LEE, 1911, COSTA RICA MINERAL RESOURCES: MIN. SCIENT. PRESS, V. 102, P. 132.

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, S. M., 1963, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF COSTA RICA: MINERALS YEARBOOK 1963, V. 4, P. 68.

  • Deposit

    DENGO, GABRIEL, AND LEVY, ENRIQUE, 1970, ANOTACIONES AL MAPA METALOGENETICO DE AMERICA CENTRAL: INST. CENTOAM. INVES. TEC. INDUS. (ICAITI), PUBL. GEOL. ICAITI, NO. 3, APPENDIX 2.

  • Deposit

    CASTRO M., J. F., AND VARGAS R., J. E., 1982, MAPA DE RECURSOS MINERALES DE COSTA RICA, 1:750,000: DIRECCION DE GELOGIA Y MINAS, 1 SHEET.

  • 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 TITANIFEROUS MAGNETITE BEACH SANDS, WITH MINOR GOLD.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1986 Howe, Stephen S. U.S. Geological Survey

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