Paquera

Producer in Puntarenas, Costa Rica with commodity Halite

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10107208
MRDS ID	TC42176
Record type	Site
Current site name	Paquera
Alternate or previous names	Salinas Santa Maria

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-84.923, 9.83303 (WGS84)
Location accuracy	2000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Puntarenas(province)

Costa Rica(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country	State
Costa Rica	Puntarenas

Comments on the location information

ON NATIONAL COORDINATES: 4345, 2016.

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Halite	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Halite	Ore

Analytical data

Result	CRUDE SALT (IN PPM) < 2 CU, < 2 PB, < 0.5 AS, < 10 SN, < 25

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-84.923, 9.83303	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Producer
Commodity type	Non-metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	TC42176

Bibliographic references

Deposit

BERRANGE, J.P., MATHER, S.J., MORALES, C., NURY, AND ALVARAROV, FERNANDO, 1990, THE NON-METALLIC INDUSTRIAL MINERALS AND ROCKS OF COSTA RICA: SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA, PROYECTO ANGLO-COSTARRICENSE DE MINERALES INDUSTRIALES (PACOMI), 181P
Other Database

CIMRI

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-OCT-1994	Page, Norman J.	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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