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La Palmera

Producer in Costa Rica with commodity Travertine
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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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023323
MRDS ID I000182
Record type Site
Current site name La Palmera

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.3666, 10.43439 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position NORTHEAST OF CIUDAD QUESADA., Estimated Location, Believed To Be Within 1 Minute Of True Location., Estimated Location, Believed To Be Within 1 Minute Of True Location.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Costa Rica(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Costa Rica

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT IS LOCATED AT 4958, 2673 ON THE NATIONAL GRID.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Travertine Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Travertine Ore

Analytical data

Result TRAVERTINE CONTAINS 3.8% - 8.6% MGCO3
Result 1.8% - 2.8% AL2O3 + FE2O3
Result 3.1% - 6.0% SIO2
Result 80.5% - 90.5% CACO3.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Aguacate Formation
    Rock description Aguacate Complex

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.3666, 10.43439
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Industrias Calcarea S.A.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BERRANGE, J.P., MATHER, S.J., MORALES C., NURY, AND ALVARADO V., FERNANDO, 1990, THE NON-METALLIC INDUSTRIAL MINERALS AND ROCKS OF COSTA RICA: SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA, PROYECTO ANGLO-COSTARRICENSE DE MINERALES INDUSTRIALES (PACOMI), 181 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    BERRANGE AND OTHERS, 1990.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TRAVERTINE IS A SUPERFICIAL VENEER ON AQUACATE COMPLEX VOLCANICS. AT THE EASTERN END OF ITS OUTCROP, THE TRAVERTINE IS UP TO 22 M THICK. TRAVERTINE WAS DEPOSITED FROM CARBONATE-SATURATED THERMAL SPRING WATER.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-90 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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