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Huacas Prospects

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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10007826
MRDS ID CS00047
Record type Site
Current site name Huacas Prospects
Alternate or previous names One Prospect No. 2 of Sears 1919 Is At the Old Iglesias Workings.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.76941, 10.36357 (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

  • ALL FIVE PROSPECTS ARE WITHIN 1.5 KM OF ONE ANOTHER. PROSPECT NO. 1 IS ABOUT 500 M S OF HUACAS; NO. 2 IS ABOUT 300 M SE OF HUACAS; NO. 3 IS ABOUT 150 M N OF HUACAS; NO. 4 IS ABOUT 1.5 KM E OF HUACAS; AND NO. 5 IS ABOUT 300 M S OF NO. 4.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.76941, 10.36357
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • HEIN AND OTHERS (1983) NOTE SMALL BLOCKS OF THIN-BEDDED RED AND MN-RICH CHERT INTERCALATED IN MASSIVE AND PILLOW BASALT FLOWS IN THE VICINITY OF HUACAS. CHERT IS PROBABLY TITHONIAN (LJUR) TO HAUTERIVIAN (ECRET) IN AGE. ROCKS METAMORPHOSED TO PREHNITE-PUMPELLYITE FACIES.

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 reserve resource information

  • PROSPECT NO. 1 HAS A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE AVERAGING 51 % MN AND 11 % SILICA; NO. 2 HAS A LARGE AMOUNT OF VERY LOW GRADE ORE; NO. 3 HAS A SMALL AMOUNT OF LOW GRADE ORE, ABOUT 11 % MN; NO. 4 HAS A MEDIUM AMOUNT OF MEDIUM TO LOW GRADE ORE, LT OR EQUAL TO 30 % MN; AND NO. 5 HAS LOW GRADE ORE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

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