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Las Cuevas/Damas

Producer in San Jose, Costa Rica with commodity Limestone, General
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10066147
MRDS ID TC42161
Record type Site
Current site name Las Cuevas/Damas

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.18742, 9.53 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Jose(province)

Costa Rica(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Costa Rica San Jose

Comments on the location information

  • ON NATIONAL GRID COORDINATES: 4428, 3863, ON SMALL HILLS BOTH SIDES OF RIO DAMAS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED IN FLOOR TILES.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.18742, 9.53
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • REEF AND BIOCLASTIC LIMESTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Multiples/Industrias

Comments on the production information

  • APPROXIMATE YEARLY PRODUCTION. 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

  • Production

    BERRANGE ET AL (1990).

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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