La Catasolapa Prospect

Occurrence in Guanacaste, Costa Rica with commodity Manganese

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Mineral occurrence model information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10090454
MRDS ID	CS00062
Record type	Site
Current site name	La Catasolapa Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-85.80136, 10.33996 (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

3 KM NW OF SANTA ROSA, ON THE ROAD TO MATAPALO.

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Manganese Critical	Primary

Comments on the commodity information

ORE IS GENERALLY EXTREMELY LOW GRADE; SOME MEDIUM-GRADE FLOAT.

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

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

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-85.80136, 10.33996	ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

CHERT AND SHALE STRIKE N 50 W AND DIP 35 SW.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Santa Rosa District

Comments on the workings information

CUTS; SHORT ADIT.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	CS00062

Bibliographic references

Deposit

ROBERTS, R. J., 1944, MANGANESE DEPOSITS IN COSTA RICA: U.S. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 935-H, P. 399.
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	MANGANIFEROUS ZONE.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-MAR-1986	Howe, Stephen S.	U.S. Geological Survey	PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Editor	27-APR-1995	Mosier, Dan	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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