Mine detail: Fila Chocosuela

Previously called 'Volcan Viejo ProspectQuebrada Azufrada ProspectCerro Congo ProspectEurospect Concession.'

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Location

Lat / long:

10.2619, -84.34132

Resource(B)

Primary:	Sulfur
Secondary:	Gold
Ore:	Gold, Pyrite, Sulfur
Gangue:	Pyrolusite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Enriched Unit Of Poas Andesite Formation
Host type:	Tuff,Volcanic Ash,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Associated rock:	Poas Andesite Formation
Associated type:	Dacite,Basalt
Alteration processes:	Arillization, Silicification, Sericitization

References

MRDS	TC42263
DEP	10066232
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}{Production:: BERRANGE ET AL (1990).}
Reporter	Page, Norman J.