Mine detail: Poco Sol Prospect

Previously called 'Poco Sol De San Carlos ProspectLaguna Poco Sol.'

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Location: Alajuela, Costa Rica, North America
Lat / long: 10.36774, -84.64994
dep_id: 10007945
mrds_id: CS00188
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Sulfur
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Sulfur
gangue: Opal, Pyrite
alteration: Kaoliniaztion, Silicification, Zeolitization
Reporter: Howe, Stephen S., Page, Norman J.
hrock_type: Dacite
arock_type: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
References:
  • Deposit:: SANDOVAL M., FELIPE, 1969, MINING POTENTIAL IN COSTA RICA: COSTA RICA, DIR. GEOL. MINAS PETROL., INF. TEC. NOTAS GEOL., V. 8, NO. 32, P. 3.
  • Deposit:: SANDOVAL M., L. F., 1977, MINERALIZACIONES DE TIPO VOLCANICO EN COSTA RICA: COSTA RICA, DIR. GEOL. MINAS PETROL., INF. TEC. NOTAS GEOL., V. 15, NO. 58, 23 P.
  • Deposit:: GUILD, P. W., 1981, PRELIMINARY METALLOGENIC MAP OF NORTH AMERICA; A NUMERICAL LISTING OF DEPOSITS: U.S. GEOL. SURV. CIRC. 858-A, P. 36.
  • Deposit:: CASTRO M., J. F., AND VARGAS R., J. E., 1982, MAPA DE RECURSOS MINERALES DE COSTA RICA, 1:750,000: DIR. GEOL. MINAS, 1 SHEET.
  • 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.
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