Mine detail: Punta Gorda Prospect

Previously called 'Matapalo Prospect'

Location:	Guanacaste, Costa Rica, North America
Lat / long:	10.52189, -85.75274
dep_id:	10007883
mrds_id:	CS00117
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Iron, Copper, Zinc, Cobalt
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Occurrence
ore:	Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
gangue:	Goethite, Hematite, Jarosite, Limonite
orebody_fm:	TABULAR TO LENTICULAR
model:	90: Massive sulfide, Cyprus
alteration:	Abundant Fe Oxides In The Oxidized Zone
Reporter:	Howe, Stephen S., Mosier, Dan
hrock_type:	Basalt
Structure:	Sub-Vertical Faults
tectonic:	Nicoya Ophiolite Complex
References:	Deposit:: FLORES R., W. S., 1976, ESTUDIO GEOLOGICO RELACIONADO CON UNA MINERALIZACION DE SULFUROS EN PUNTA GORDA, NICOYA, COSTA RICA: TESIS DE GRADO, UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA, 35 P. Deposit:: KUYPERS, E. P., AND DENYER CH., PERCY, 1979, VOLCANIC EXHALATIVE MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE NICOYA OPHIOLITE COMPLEX, COSTA RICA: ECON. GEOL., V. 74, P. 672-678. Deposit:: SCHMIDT-EFFING, VON REINHARD, 1979, ALTER UND GENESE DES NICOYA-KOMPLEXES, EINER OZEANISCHEN PALAONKRUSTE (OBERJURA BIS EOZAN) IM SUDLICHEN ZENTRALAMERIKA: GEOL. RUND., BD. 68, H. 2, P. 457-494 (IN GERM., WITH EXTENDED ENGL. ABST.). Deposit:: ORGANIZACION DE LOS ESTADOS AMERICANOS, 1978, DIAGNOSTICO DEL SECTOR MINERO: SAN JOSE, ORGANIZACION DE LOS ESTADOS AMERICANOS, P. 36-37. Deposit:: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, DIRECCION GENERAL DE GEOLOGIA, MINAS E HIDROCARBUROS, UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA, 1987, MINERAL RESOURCE ASSESSMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF COSTA RICA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATION SERIES MAP I-1865, 75 P.