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San Ramon Mine

Occurrence in Alajuela, Costa Rica with commodities Iron, Aluminum, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090502
MRDS ID CS00310
Record type Site
Current site name San Ramon Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.49576, 10.0733 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alajuela(province)

Costa Rica(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Costa Rica Alajuela

Comments on the location information

  • 2 KM SW OF SAN RAMON, NW OF SANTIAGO, ON THE NW SIDE OF THE ROAD TO PUNTARENAS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Aluminum Critical Secondary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gibbsite Ore
Hematite Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES COLLECTED CONTAINED 56 % FE
Result TRACE CU (DONDOLI, 1966). SANDOVAL (1969) HAS 53% FE.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.49576, 10.0733
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DONDOLI B., CESAR, 1966, INFORME SOBRE EL YACIMIENTO DE HIERRO DE SAN RAMON: COSTA RICA, DIR. GEN. GEOL. MINAS PETROL., INF. TEC. NOTAS GEOL., NO. 22-C, 2 P.

  • Deposit

    SANDOVAL M., FELIPE, 1969, MINING POTENTIAL IN COSTA RICA: COSTA RICA, DIR. GEOL. MINAS PETROL., INF. TEC. NOTAS GEOL., V. 8, NO. 32, P. 2.

  • 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 THREE METER THICK HEMATITIC LATERITE OVERLIES BASALT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1986 Cox, Dennis P. U.S. Geological Survey

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