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Los Angeles

Producer 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 10066222
MRDS ID TC42253
Record type Site
Current site name Los Angeles

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.05051, 10.46606 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position ON NATIONAL COORDINATES: 4236, 2719.

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

  • IN VALLEY OF RIO SANTA ROSA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diatomite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BULK DENSITY 393 KG/SQUARE M.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Diatomite Ore
Cristobalite Gangue
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) -85.05051, 10.46606
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 8M
    Length 750M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MOSTLY WORKED OUT.

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

  • Reserve-Resource

    BERRANGE ET AL (1990).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OVERLAIN BY 100 M OF YOUNGER VOLCANIC ROCKS; EXTENSIVE STRIPPING REQUIRED FOR CONTINUED PRODUCTION.

Reporter information

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

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