Playa Respingue

Occurrence in Guanacaste, Costa Rica with commodity Chromium

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Mineral occurrence model information
Nearby scientific data
Ore body information
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10007798
MRDS ID	CS00009
Record type	Site
Current site name	Playa Respingue

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-85.84303, 10.87048 (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 N OF THE COAST AT PLAYA RESPINGUE. LOCATION C OF JAGER (1977).

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Chromium Critical	Primary

Comments on the commodity information

HIGHEST GRADE OF AREAS EXAMINED BY JAGER (1977).

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Chromite	Ore
Quartz	Gangue

Analytical data

Result	GRADE OF ONE SAMPLE: 49.48 % CR

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code	15
USGS model code	8a
Deposit model name	Podiform chromite (minor)
Mark3 model number	none

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-85.84303, 10.87048	ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

General form POD

General form	POD

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	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	CS00009

Bibliographic references

Deposit

JAGER C., GERARDO, 1977, GEOLOGIA DE LAS MINERALIZACIONES DE CROMITA AL ESTE DE LA PENINSULA DE SANTA ELENA, PROVINCIA DE GUANACASTE, COSTA RICA: TESIS DE GRADO, UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA, 136 P.
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	SMALL FLOAT COBBLES OF CHROMITE IN SAND.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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