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Canas Dulces

Occurrence in Guanacaste, Costa Rica with commodity Diatomite
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10066219
MRDS ID TC42250
Record type Site
Current site name Canas Dulces

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.43913, 10.76522 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position ON NATIONAL COORDINATES: 3790, 3050.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Guanacaste(province)

Costa Rica(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Costa Rica Guanacaste

Comments on the location information

  • ON MARGIN OF RELICT CANAS DULCES VOLCANIC CENTER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diatomite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BULK DENSITY; 406 KG/ SQUARE M

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Diatomite Ore
Kaolin Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Lake Sediments

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.43913, 10.76522
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 70M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • PROSPECT

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFILLS A DEPRESSION 0.25 SQUARE KILOMETERS; HAS WASTE LENSES OF ASH UP TO 5 M THICK.

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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