Mine detail: Miravalles Occurrence

Previously called 'Miravalles De Bagaces Occurrence, Volcan MiravallesQuebrada Hornillas, Rio Cuiplara, Bajos De Chiqueros'

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Location: Guanacaste, Costa Rica, North America
Lat / long: 10.71077, -85.18051
dep_id: 10090466
mrds_id: CS00186
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Sulfur
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Sulfur
alteration: Kaolinization, Silicification
Reporter: Howe, Stephen S., Page, Norman J., Mosier, Dan
hrock_type: Pumice
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:: DENGO, GABRIEL, AND LEVY, ENRIQUE, 1970, ANOTACIONES AL MAPA METALOGENETICO DE AMERICA CENTRAL: INST. CENTROAM. INVEST. TEC. INDUS. (ICAITI), PUBL. GEOL. ICAITI, NO. 3, P. APPENDIX 2.
  • 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:: 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.
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