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Cerros Playa Linda

Past Producer in Puntarenas, Costa Rica with commodity 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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10066145
MRDS ID TC42159
Record type Site
Current site name Cerros Playa Linda

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.73411, 9.95331 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 2 KM NW OF CALDERA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Puntarenas(province)

Costa Rica(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Costa Rica Puntarenas

Comments on the location information

  • ON NATIONAL COORDINATES: 4565, 2143

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BLOCKS FOR SEAWALL DEFENSES.

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 Punta Caballo Formation
    Rock description Punta Caballo Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.73411, 9.95331
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GREY-GREEN MASSIVELY BEDDED GRAYWACKE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • INACTIVE 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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