Chomes

Producer in Puntarenas, Costa Rica with commodity Halite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10066165
MRDS ID TC42183
Record type Site
Current site name Chomes

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.9155, 10.04414 (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 COORDINATES: 4370, 2250.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Halite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Halite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.9155, 10.04414

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cooperativa De Pequenos Productores De Sal (Coopeprusal).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.