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Cerro Abejonal Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10007989
MRDS ID CS00254
Record type Site
Current site name Cerro Abejonal Prospect
Alternate or previous names Abejonal, San Marcos De Tarrazu

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.04714, 9.70527 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Jose(province)

Costa Rica(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Costa Rica San Jose

Comments on the location information

  • AT CERRO ABEJONAL, ABOUT 5.7 KM NW OF SAN MARCOS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bauxite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 111
USGS model code 38b
Deposit model name Bauxite, laterite type

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.04714, 9.70527
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • CONSIDERED SUBECONOMIC BAUXITE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CASTILLO M., ROLANDO, 1966, ASPECTOS GEOLOGICOS DE LOS YACIMIENTOS DE ARCILLA Y LATERITA DE COSTA RICA: INSTITUTO CENTOLAMERICANO DE INVESTIGACION Y TECNOLOGIA INDUSTIRAL (ICAITI), PUBLICACIONES GEOLOGICAS DE ICAITI, NO. 1, P. 5-21.

  • Deposit

    SANDOVAL M., FELIPE, 1969, MINING POTENTIAL IN COSTA RICA: COSTA RICA, DIR. GEOL. MINAS PETROL., INF. TEC. NOTAS GEOL., V. 8, NO. 32, P. 2.

  • Deposit

    CASTRO M., J. F., AND VARGAS R., J. E., 1982, MAPA DE RECURSOS MINERALES DE COSTA RICA, 1:750,000: DIR. GEOL. MINAS, 1 SHEET.

  • Deposit

    PATTERSON, S. H., KURTZ, H. F., OLSON, J. C., AND NEELEY, C. L., 1986, GEOLOGY AND RESOURCES OF ALUMINUM; WORLD BAUXITE RESOURCES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1076-B.

  • 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 BAUXITIC LATERITE

Reporter information

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

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