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Tajo Finca El Tanque

Past Producer in Guanacaste, Costa Rica with commodities Clay, 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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10066156
MRDS ID TC42171
Record type Site
Current site name Tajo Finca El Tanque

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.18356, 10.2394 (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 COORDINATES: 4069, 2443

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED TO PRODUCE PORTLAND CEMENT.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Shale Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Rock unit name Brito Formation
    Rock description Brito Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.18356, 10.2394
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cementos Del Pacifico S. A. (Cempasa)

Comments on the production information

  • APPROXIMATE ANNUAL PRODUCTION.

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

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

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