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Cerro Conchal

Producer in Puntarenas, Costa Rica with commodity Clay
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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 10066157
MRDS ID TC42173
Record type Site
Current site name Cerro Conchal

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.61272, 10.02775 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Puntarenas(province)

Costa Rica(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Costa Rica Puntarenas

Comments on the location information

  • ON NATIONAL COORDINATES: 4693, 2221

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED FOR CERAMIC PIPES IN ESPARTA.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kaolinite Ore
Quartz Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Aguacate Formation
    Rock description Aguacate Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.61272, 10.02775
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED VOLCANICS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Productos Caribe

Comments on the production information

  • 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

Reporter information

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

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