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Tajo Montemar

Producer in Costa Rica with commodities Limestone, General, Stone, Dimension
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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 10023328
MRDS ID I000189
Record type Site
Current site name Tajo Montemar

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.20023, 10.20329 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position Acc, +/- 1 Minute

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

  • THE QUARRY IS LOCATED AT 4049, 2443 ON THE NATIONAL GRID.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary
Stone, Dimension Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Analytical data

Result LIMESTONE IS OF "VERY HIGH PURITY".

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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.20023, 10.20329
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE BARRA HONDA LIMESTONES ARE LARGELY ALGAL BIOLITHITES AND BIOMICRITES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Montemar S.A.

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 THE LIMESTONE IS WHITE AND MASSIVE. THE BARRA HONDA LIMESTONES CROP OUT IN A SERIES OF ISOLATED KNOLL-LIKE HILLS AROUND THE HEAD OF THE GOLFO DE NICOYA IN A TIANGULAR 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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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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