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Chapernal Occurrence

Occurrence in Guanacaste, Costa Rica with commodities Iron, Manganese
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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. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008031
MRDS ID CS00314
Record type Site
Current site name Chapernal Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.76385, 10.50384 (WGS84)

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

  • 5 KM W OF NUEVO COLON.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.76385, 10.50384
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.5M

Comments on the geologic information

  • DIORITE (WEBBER (1942) CALLS THE DIORITE A DIABASE).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sardinal District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WEBBER, B. N., 1942, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF COSTA RICA, CENTRAL AMERICA: AM. INST. MIN. METALL. PETROL. ENG. TECH. PUB. 1445, P. 2.

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R. J., 1944, MANGANESE DEPOSITS IN COSTA RICA: U.S. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 935-H, P. 410.

  • 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 PYRITE AND MN OXIDE STAINS ALONG THE CONTACT BETWEEN DIORITE AND SHALE. THE DIORITE IS PYRITIZED FOR 3 - 4 M FROM THE CONTACT.

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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