Mine detail: Punta Gorda Prospect

Previously called 'Matapalo Prospect'

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Location

Lat / long: 10.52189, -85.75274

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron, Copper, Zinc, Cobalt
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Goethite, Hematite, Jarosite, Limonite
Orebody form: TABULAR TO LENTICULAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host type:Basalt
Structure:Sub-Vertical Faults
Tectonic:Nicoya Ophiolite Complex
Alteration processes:Abundant Fe Oxides In The Oxidized Zone

References

MRDSCS00117
DEP10007883
Reference{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.}
ReporterHowe, Stephen S., Mosier, Dan