La Victoria Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10007854
MRDS ID CS00084
Record type Site
Current site name La Victoria Mine
Alternate or previous names Victoria Mine, Lagarto Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.76246, 10.11914 (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

  • 3.5 KM ESE OF LAGARTO.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.76246, 10.11914

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS, VEINS

Comments on the geologic information

  • KUYPERS AND DENYER (1979) REPORT BASALT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rio Seco-Lagarto District

Comments on the production information

  • ORE SHIPPED.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • A FEW METRIC TONNES OF SILICEOUS ORE PILED ON DUMP. FURTHER EXPLORATION NOT WARRANTED AS GRADE OF MN LT 25 % AND ORE SILICEOUS.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL PODS AND VEINLETS OF MN OXIDES IN JASPER.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1986 Howe, Stephen S. U.S. Geological Survey PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Editor 27-APR-1995 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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