Mine detail: Puriscal Prospect

Previously called 'San Ignacio Prospect'

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Location: San Jose, Costa Rica, North America
Lat / long: 9.79832, -84.16242
dep_id: 10007961
mrds_id: CS00213
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite
orebody_fm: VEIN
model: 85: Polymetallic veins
Reporter: Howe, Stephen S.
discr: Austin Development Corp. Of Costa Rica
References:
  • Deposit:: MALOZEMOFF, P., 1942, COSTA RICA [FROM A SYMPOSIUM ON MINING IN LATIN AMERICA]: ENG. MIN. J., V. 143, NO. 8, P. 114.
  • Deposit:: ASHLEY, B. E., 1968, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF CENTRAL AMERICAN AREAS; COSTA RICA: MINERALS YEARBOOK 1968, V. 4, P. 846.
  • 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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