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Cerro Pena Blanca

Producer in Costa Rica with commodity Limestone, General
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023325
MRDS ID I000184
Record type Site
Current site name Cerro Pena Blanca

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.14995, 10.2344 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Costa Rica(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Costa Rica

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT IS LOCATED AT 4072, 2428 ON THE NATIONAL GRID.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Analytical data

Result 192 SAMPLES FROM 9 BOREHOLES IN THIS AREA CONTAINED ON AVERAGE 98.9% CACO3.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Barra Honda Formation
    Rock description Barra Honda Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.14995, 10.2344
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE BARRA HONDA FM HAS A TOTAL STRATIGRAPHIC THICKNESS OF ABOUT 300 M; A LOWER MASSIVE UNIT ABOUT 100 M THICK AND AN UPPER STRATIFIED UNIT ABOUT 200 M THICK. IN GENERAL, THE LIMESTONES ARE ALGAL BIOLITHITE AND BIOMICRITE VEINED BY CALCITE AND EXTENSIVELY BRECCIATED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1980

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Cementos Del Pacifico S.A. (Cempasa)

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION IS A YEARLY AVERAGE (1990).

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • LIMESTONE RESERVES IN THE CEMPASA QUARRY ARE ADEQUATE FOR 177 YEARS AT PRESENT CONSUMPTION.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: CEMENT PLANT IS ADJACENT TO LIMESTONE QUARRY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BERRANGE, J.P., MATHER, S.J., MORALES C., NURY, AND ALVARADO V., FERNANDO, 1990, THE NON-METALLIC INDUSTRIAL MINERALS AND ROCKS OF COSTA RICA: SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA, PROYECTO ANGLO-COSTARRICENSE DE MINERALES INDUSTRIALES (PACOMI), 181 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    BERRANGE AND OTHERS, 1990.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MASSIVE WHITE LIMESTONE WITH "VERY HIGH PURITY" FROM THE LOWER PART OF THE BARRA HONDA FM. THE LIMESTONE IS BLENDED WITH LOCALLY DUG SHALE TO MAKE CEMENT AT AN ON-SITE FACTORY. THE BARRA HONDA LIMESTONES CROP OUT IN A SERIES OF ISOLATED KNOLL-LIKE HILLS AROUND THE HEAD OF THE GOLFO DE NICOYA IN A TRIANGULAR AREA BETWEEN NICOYA IN THE WEST, COLORADO IN THE EAST, AND STRETCHING NORTHWARDS ALMOST TO LA GUINEA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-90 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 19-SEP-94 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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