Mine detail: Alaska Prospect

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Location: San Jose, Costa Rica, North America
Lat / long: 9.52194, -83.65824
dep_id: 10007966
mrds_id: CS00220
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcopyrite
gangue: Barite, Galena, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz
orebody_fm: VEIN
model: 85: Polymetallic veins
Reporter: Howe, Stephen S., Mosier, Dan
hrock_type: Rhyolite
References:
  • Deposit:: NACIONES UNIDAS, 1975, PROYECTO DE INVESTIGACION MINERA, COSTA RICA, TRABAJOS VARIOS (DP/UN/COS-72-004/3), INFORME TECNICO 3, 83 P.
  • 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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