Mine detail: Poas Occurrence

Previously called 'Volcan Poas Occurrence'

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Location

Lat / long: 10.19829, -84.23049

Resource(N)

Primary: Sulfur
Ore: Sulfur

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Tuff
Associated type:Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

References

MRDSCS00195
DEP10007949
Reference{Deposit:: DENGO, GABRIEL, AND LEVY, ENRIQUE, 1970, ANOTACIONES AL MAPA METALOGENETICO DE AMERICA CENTRAL: INST. CENTROAM. INVEST. TEC. INDUS. (ICAITI), PUBL. GEOL. ICAITI, NO. 3, P. APPENDIX 2.}{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. 858-1, 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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