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San Miguel De Turrucares

Past Producer in Puntarenas, Costa Rica with commodity Diatomite
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10066228
MRDS ID TC42259
Record type Site
Current site name San Miguel De Turrucares

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.32299, 9.71888 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position ON NATIONAL COORDINATES: 5008, 2147.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Puntarenas(province)

Costa Rica(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Costa Rica Puntarenas

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diatomite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED AS FILTER-AID AND ANTI-CAKING AGENT. BULK DENSITY: 444 KG/SQUARE 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) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.32299, 9.71888
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 5M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner N. Hernandez

Comments on the production information

  • INACTIVE DEVELOPED PRODUCER. PRODUCED IN 1960S.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • BASED ON 16 DRILL HOLES; MINED OUT.

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).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CROP OUT OVER AN AREA 1 SQUARE KM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-94 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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