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Finca Santo Domingo

Producer in Puntarenas, 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10066149
MRDS ID TC42163
Record type Site
Current site name Finca Santo Domingo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.39462, 8.88864 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

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: 5288, 3176, NEAR PALMAR.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED AS SOIL CONDITIONER

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Analytical data

Result 6 SAMPLES IN THE AREA: 92.58-98.29% CAO, 0.3-4.83% SIO2, 0.02-1.03% AL2O3, 0.09-1.12% FE2O3, 0.31-0.66% MGO, 0.01% NA2O, 0.01% K2O.

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) -83.39462, 8.88864
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • UP TO 400 M OF POORLY STRATIFIED REEF AND DETRITAL LIMESTONES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner R. Jana Mata

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 6000 MT PER YEAR. ACTIVE DEVELOPED PRODUCER.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ESTIMATE FOR WHOLE UNIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    BERRANGE ET AL (1990)

  • 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 ET AL (1990).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1994 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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