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Taja Carlos Monge

Producer in Cartago, Costa Rica with commodities Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10066144
MRDS ID TC42158
Record type Site
Current site name Taja Carlos Monge

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.01325, 9.8922 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cartago(province)

Costa Rica(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Costa Rica Cartago

Comments on the location information

  • ON NATIONAL COORDINATES: 5350, 2082.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED FOR WALLING AND ORNAMENTAL STONE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sandstone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Coris Formation
    Rock description Coris Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.01325, 9.8922
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THIN BEDDED, MOTTLED WHITE, PURPLE, ORANGE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner C. Monge

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE DEVELOPED PRODUCER

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1994 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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