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El Zapote 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  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 10090458
MRDS ID CS00079
Record type Site
Current site name El Zapote Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.8208, 10.21218 (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

  • 1.5 KM SW OF THE PIE PALOMA PROSPECT (MRDS-REV REC. NO. 67, MRDS REC. NO. 78), NEAR THE ROAD BETWEEN VILLARREAL AND RIO SEQUITO (APPARENTLY RENAMED PARAISO).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.8208, 10.21218
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 12M
    Width 4.5M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rio Seco-Lagarto District

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • LOW-GRADE SILICEOUS ORE IN PIT. LITTLE PROMISE.

Comments on the workings information

  • 1.5-M-DEEP PIT SUNK ALONGSIDE THE JASPER ZONE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R. J., 1944, MANGANESE DEPOSITS IN COSTA RICA: U.S. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 935-H, P. 402.

  • 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 JASPER ZONE CROPS OUT FOR A DISTANCE OF 12 M. MANGANIFEROUS JASPER FLOAT IS SCATTERED OVER A WIDE AREA SURROUNDING THE DEPOSIT.

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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