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Los Saltos Prospect

Occurrence in Guanacaste, Costa Rica with commodities Manganese, Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090460
MRDS ID CS00088
Record type Site
Current site name Los Saltos Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.67079, 10.08858 (WGS84)
Elevation 145

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

  • ON QUEBRADA SALTO, ABOUT 1.5 KM NW OF THE EL PITAL PROSPECT (MRDS-REV REC. NO. 69, MRDS REC. NO. 90).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result PICKED ORE SAMPLE: 34.23 % MN
Result 9.94 % FE
Result AND 28.02 % INSOLUBLE MATTER

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.67079, 10.08858
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 240M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rio Piedra Amarilla-Rio Guajiniquil District

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • "NOT ENOUGH WORK HAS BEEN DONE TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE ORE IS CONTINUOUS FROM ONE PIT TO ANOTHER, BUT THE OUTLOOK IS NOT PROMISING."

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHALLOW PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R. J., 1944, MANGANESE DEPOSITS IN COSTA RICA: U.S. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 935-H, P. 405.

  • 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 NW-TRENDING JASPER ZONE 240 M LONG CONTAINS SMALL POCKETS AND VEINS OF MN-OXIDE ORE, PART OF IT FERRUGINOUS.

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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