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Industrial Calcarea

Producer in Cartago, 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. 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 10066152
MRDS ID TC42167
Record type Site
Current site name Industrial Calcarea

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.99186, 9.86165 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 7.5 KM W OF CARTAGO.

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 GRID COORDINATES: 5374, 2048; AT BERMESO.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED FOR SOIL CONDITIONER AND POWDER IN FLOOR TILES, ANIMAL FEED STUFFS.

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 San Miguel Formation
    Rock description San Miguel Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.99186, 9.86165
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • IMPURE BIOCLASTIC LIMESTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Industrial Calcarea S. A. (1980'S).

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 17500 MT PER YEAR. 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

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