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Tajo Chaves Herrera

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 10023338
MRDS ID I000210
Record type Site
Current site name Tajo Chaves Herrera

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.20301, 10.20607 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(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

  • THE QUARRY IS LOCATED AT 4047, 2438 ON THE NATIONAL GRID.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General 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) -85.20301, 10.20607
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • 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 J. B. Chaves Herrera

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION IS AN ESTIMATED YEARLY AVERAGE.

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 LIMESTONE IS WHITE AND MASSIVE. THE BARRA HONDA LIMESTONES CROP OUT IN A SERIES OF 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. THE ORE IS LARGELY BIOLITHITE.

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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