Mine detail: Quebrada Curtiembre Prospect

Previously called 'Villa ColonPiedras Negras'

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Location: San Jose, Costa Rica, North America
Lat / long: 9.9122, -84.3041
dep_id: 10090473
mrds_id: CS00205
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Zinc
Minor mineral: Copper, Silver, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Malachite
orebody_fm: VEIN
model: 85: Polymetallic veins
Reporter: Cox, Dennis P.
hrock_type: Shale
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. 4, 7.
  • Deposit:: DIRECCION GENERAL DE GEOLOGIA, MINAS E HIDROCARBUROS (DGMH) FILES VIEWED 1986.
  • 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.
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