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Hacienda Murcielago

Past Producer in Guanacaste, Costa Rica with commodities Limestone, General, Stone, Dimension
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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 10066146
MRDS ID TC42160
Record type Site
Current site name Hacienda Murcielago

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.63885, 10.89826 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

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

  • ON NATIONAL GRID COORDINATES: 3574, 3199, ON E PART OF SANTA ELENA PENINSULAR.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED A DIMENSION STONE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name El Viejo Formation
    Rock description El Viejo Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.63885, 10.89826
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • RED MICRITIC LIMESTONE WITH LARGE RUDIST BIVALVES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Montemar S. A.

Comments on the production information

  • INACTIVE DEVELOPED PRODUCER

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • QUARRY NOW LIES IN EXTENDED SANTA ROSA NATIONAL PARK; FURTHER EXTRACTION PROBABLY PROHIBITED.

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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