Mine detail: Santa Cruz Prospect

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Location: San Jose, Costa Rica, North America
Lat / long: 9.40667, -83.54713
dep_id: 10007969
mrds_id: CS00224
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Malachite
orebody_fm: VEIN
model: 85: Polymetallic veins
Reporter: Cox, Dennis P.
hrock_unit: Aguacate Formation
hrock_type: Andesite
arock_type: Andesite
References:
  • Deposit:: NACIONES UNIDAS, 1975, PROYECTO DE INVESTIGACION MINERA, COSTA RICA, TRABAJOS VARIOS (DP/UN/COS-72-004/3), INFORME TECNICO 3, P. 24.
  • Deposit:: CASTRO M., J. F., AND VARGAS R., J. E., 1982, MAPA DE RECURSOS MINERALES DE COSTA RICA, 1:750,000: DIR. GEOL. MINAS, 1 SHEET.
  • Deposit:: DIRECCION GENERAL DE GEOLOGIA, MINAS E HIDROCARBUROS (DGMH) FILES VIEWED 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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