Navarro

Producer in Costa Rica with commodities Travertine, Stone, Dimension
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023324
MRDS ID I000183
Record type Site
Current site name Navarro

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.88325, 9.81776 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position DEPOSIT IS SOUTHEAST OF CARTAGO., Estimated, Location Is 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 5495, 1992 ON NATIONAL GRID.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Travertine Primary
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE TRAVERTINE FROM THIS DEPOSIT HAS BEEN USED TO FACE MANY BUILDINGS IN SAN JOSE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Travertine Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.88325, 9.81776

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT FORMED FROM CARBONATE-SATURATED THERMAL SPRING WATER.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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