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Tajo Fila Decal

Past Producer in Puntarenas, Costa Rica with commodities Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10066148
MRDS ID TC42162
Record type Site
Current site name Tajo Fila Decal

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.9435, 8.68671 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 5 KM N OF NEILY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Puntarenas(province)

Costa Rica(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Costa Rica Puntarenas

Comments on the location information

  • ON NATIONAL GRID COORDINATES: 5801, 2929.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED AS AGGREGATE AND LIME PRODUCTION

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Cajon Unit Of Brito Formation
    Rock description Cajon Unit Of Brito Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.9435, 8.68671
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • BIOCLASTIC AND REEF LIMESTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1994 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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