Mine detail: Volcan Viejo Prospect

Previously called 'Cerros Volcan Viejo ProspectVolcan Ricon De La ViejaHacienda Santa Maria'

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Location: Alajuela, Costa Rica, North America
Lat / long: 10.27885, -84.33326
dep_id: 10090468
mrds_id: CS00191
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Sulfur
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Sulfur
Reporter: Cox, Dennis P., Page, Norman J.
hrock_type: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Tuff,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
arock_type: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
References:
  • 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  • Deposit:: DIRECCION GENERAL DE GEOLOGIA, MINAS E HIDROCARBUROS (DGMH) UNPUBLISHED FILES VIEWED 1986.
  • 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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