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Quebrada Palmita

Past Producer in Alajuela, Costa Rica with commodities Volcanic Materials, 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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10066190
MRDS ID TC42214
Record type Site
Current site name Quebrada Palmita

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.37854, 10.1708 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alajuela(province)

Costa Rica(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Costa Rica Alajuela

Comments on the location information

  • ON NATIONAL COORDINATES: 4933, 2392.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Volcanic Materials Primary
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Tuff Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.37854, 10.1708
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • LOCALLY OVER 50 M THICK, POSSIBLY INFILLING A CHANNEL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

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), 181P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    BERRANGE ET AL (1990).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-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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