Mine detail: Boruca Prospect

Previously called 'Cerro Boruca Prospect'

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Location: San Jose, Costa Rica, North America
Lat / long: 9.48444, -83.71102
dep_id: 10007951
mrds_id: CS00198
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite
gangue: Magnetite, Pyrrhotite
orebody_fm: VEIN
alteration: Chloritization
Reporter: Cox, Dennis P., Mosier, Dan
hrock_type: Dacite
arock_type: Monzonite
References:
  • 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.
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