Mine detail: Gongora Prospect

Location:	Guanacaste, Costa Rica, North America
Lat / long:	10.90104, -85.44996
dep_id:	10090465
mrds_id:	CS00184
Commodity type:	nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Sulfur
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Occurrence
ore:	Sulfur
Reporter:	Howe, Stephen S., Mosier, Dan
hrock_type:	Ignimbrite
References:	Deposit:: SANDOVAL M., FELIPE, 1969, MINING POTENTIAL IN COSTA RICA: COSTA RICA, DIR. GEOL. MINAS PETROL., INF. TEC. NOTAS GEOL., V. 8, NO. 32, P. 3. Deposit:: ASHLEY, B. E., AND BRIGGS, R. C., 1970, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA: MINERALS YEARBOOK 1970, V. 3, P. 898. Deposit:: SANDOVAL M., L. F., 1977, MINERALIZACIONES DE TIPO VOLCANICO EN COSTA RICA: COSTA RICA, DIR. GEOL. MINAS PETROL., INF. TEC. NOTAS GEOL., V. 15, NO. 58, 23 P. 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:: 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.