Mine detail: Rio Gongora

Previously called 'Volcan CacaoQuebrada Grande'

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Location

Lat / long:

10.84021, -85.47413

Resource(B)

Primary:	Sulfur, Sulfur-Pyrite
Ore:	Pyrite, Sulfur
Gangue:	Marcasite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

Host type:	Tuff
Associated type:	Andesite
Alteration processes:	Kaolinization, Silicification, Opaline Silica, Black Pyrite Chert.

References

MRDS	TC42262
DEP	10066231
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Page, Norman J.