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Los Munecos Prospect

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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10007859
MRDS ID CS00091
Record type Site
Current site name Los Munecos Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.64302, 10.07886 (WGS84)
Elevation 275

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

  • ABOUT 1.5 KM E OF THE EL PITAL PROSPECT (MRDS-REV REC. NO. 69, MRDS REC. NO. 90). INCLUDES THE MUNECOS, SAHINOS, AND FOCO SHOWINGS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.64302, 10.07886
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POCKETS, VEINS
    Width 25M

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

  • MATERIAL TOO LOW GRADE TO BE PROMISING.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R. J., 1944, MANGANESE DEPOSITS IN COSTA RICA: U.S. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 935-H, P. 407.

  • 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 MN OXIDES OCCUR IN SMALL POCKETS AND VEINS IN JASPER, IN A ZONE ABOUT 100 METERS LONG AND 9-24 M WIDE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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