Mine detail: Boruca Prospect

Previously called 'Cerro Boruca Prospect'

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Location

Lat / long: 9.48444, -83.71102

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper, Silver
Ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Magnetite, Pyrrhotite
Orebody form: VEIN

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Dacite
Associated type:Monzonite
Alteration processes:Chloritization

References

MRDSCS00198
DEP10007951
Reference{Deposit:: DIRECCION GENERAL DE GEOLOGIA, MINAS E HIDROCARBUROS (DGMH) FILES VIEWED 1986.}{Deposit:: VISITED BY USGS SCIENTISTS 1986.}{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.}
ReporterCox, Dennis P., Mosier, Dan