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Piedras Pintades Prospect

Occurrence in Guanacaste, Costa Rica with commodity Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090443
MRDS ID CS00013
Record type Site
Current site name Piedras Pintades Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.6319, 10.56773 (WGS84)

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

  • NEAR PIEDRAS PINTADES, ABOUT 5 KM N OF SARDINAL, CROSSING A SADDLE BETWEEN TWO LOW HILLS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • "LARGE" ZONE OF VERY LOW GRADE ORE.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 97
USGS model code 24c
Deposit model name Volcanogenic Mn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.6319, 10.56773
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sardinal District

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • LITTLE COMMERCIAL VALUE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SEARS, J. D., 1919, DEPOSITS OF MANGANESE ORE IN COSTA RICA: U.S. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 710-C, P. 79.

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R. J., 1944, MANGANESE DEPOSITS IN COSTA RICA: U.S. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 935-H, P. 411.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, DIRECCION GENERAL DE GEOLOGIA, MINAS E HIDROCARBUROS, UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA, 1987, MINERAL RESOURCE ASSESSMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF COSTA RICA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATION SERIES MAP I-1865, 75 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MN OXIDE STAINS ON HOST ROCK LOCALLY CUT BY SMALL MN OXIDE VEINLETS, OVER A "LARGE" ZONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1986 Howe, Stephen S. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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