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Tajo Cerro Alto

Past Producer in Guanacaste, 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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10066155
MRDS ID TC42170
Record type Site
Current site name Tajo Cerro Alto

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.24995, 10.18608 (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: 3988, 2406

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

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 Barra Honda Formation
    Rock description Barra Honda Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.24995, 10.18608
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE BARRA HONDA LIMESTONES ARE LARGELY ALGAL BIOLITHITES AND BIOMICRITES.

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MASSIVE WHITE HIGH PURITY LIMESTONE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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