Mine detail: La Fortuna Prospect

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Location: Guanacaste, Costa Rica, North America
Lat / long: 10.67883, -85.19578
dep_id: 10007944
mrds_id: CS00187
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Sulfur
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Sulfur
gangue: Pyrite
Reporter: Howe, Stephen S.
References:
  • Deposit:: ASHLEY, B. E., 1967, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF COSTA RICA, IN MINERALS YEARBOOK 1967: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES YEARBOOK, V. 4, P. 900.
  • Deposit:: ASHLEY, B. E., 1968, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF COSTA RICA, IN MINERALS YEARBOOK 1968: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES YEARBOOK, V. 4, P. 847.
  • Deposit:: ASHLEY, B. E., 1969, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF COSTA RICA, IN MINERALS YEARBOOK 1969: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES YEARBOOK, V. 4, P. 833.
  • 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.
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