Mine detail: Rio Gongora

Previously called 'Volcan CacaoQuebrada Grande'

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Location: Guanacaste, Costa Rica, North America
Lat / long: 10.84021, -85.47413
dep_id: 10066231
mrds_id: TC42262
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Sulfur, Sulfur-Pyrite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
ore: Pyrite, Sulfur
gangue: Marcasite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
alteration: Kaolinization, Silicification, Opaline Silica, Black Pyrite Chert.
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_type: Tuff
arock_type: Andesite
References:
  • Deposit:: BERRANGE, J.P., MATHER, S.J., MORALES C., NURY, AND ALVARADO V., FERNANDO, 1990, THE NON-METALLIC INDUSTRIAL MINERALS AND ROCKS OF COSTA RICA: SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA, PROYECTO ANGLO-COSTARRICENSE DE MINERALES INDUSTRIALES (PACOMI), 181 P
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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