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El Carrizal Occurrence

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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10007860
MRDS ID CS00092
Record type Site
Current site name El Carrizal Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.64163, 10.07886 (WGS84)
Elevation 290

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

  • 400 M E OF THE EL FOCO SHOWING (SEE THE LOS MUNECOS PROSPECT, MRDS-REV REC. NO. 72, MRDS REC. NO. 91).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.64163, 10.07886
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Economic information

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 workings information

  • SHALLOW CUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • 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 SPARSELY DISSEMINATED IN JASPER.

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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