Palmares

Occurrence in Costa Rica with commodity Diatomite
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10066227
MRDS ID TC42258
Record type Site
Current site name Palmares

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.41354, 10.08247 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position ON NATIONAL COORDINATES: 4891, 2293.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Costa Rica(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Costa Rica

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diatomite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BULK DENSITY 361 KG/CUBED M.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Diatomite Ore
Cristobalite Gangue
Feldspar Gangue
Kaolin Gangue
Mica Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Lake Sediments
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.41354, 10.08247

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.5M

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUATERNARY LAKE BASIN OF ABOUT 50 SQUARE KM WITH UP TO 90 M OF QUAT LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • INACTIVE PROSPECT

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

Beyond USGS

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