Mine detail: Pueblo Nuevo Prospect

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Location: San Jose, Costa Rica, North America
Lat / long: 9.45667, -83.67213
dep_id: 10007952
mrds_id: CS00200
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Silver, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Bornite, Chalcocite
gangue: Hematite
alteration: Chloritization
Reporter: Howe, Stephen S. (Cox, Dennis P.), Page, Norman J.
References:
  • Deposit:: WORLD MINING, 1983, COSTA RICA: HIGH-GRADE COPPER MINERALIZATION: WORLD MINING, V. 36, NO. 6, P. 33.
  • Deposit:: HYDE, D. M., AND MARTINO, ORLANDO, 1983, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES: COSTA RICA: MINERALS YEARBOOK 1983, V. 3, P. 936-937.
  • Deposit:: VISITED BY USGS SCIENTISTS, 1986.
  • Reserve-Resource:: WORLD MINING (1983), HYDE AND MARTINO (1983)
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