Mine detail: Cerro Boruca Mine

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Location: San Jose, Costa Rica, North America
Lat / long: 9.48861, -83.69574
dep_id: 10090487
mrds_id: CS00256
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Aluminum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Bauxite
orebody_fm: BLANKET
model: 111: Bauxite, laterite type
Reporter: Howe, Stephen S.
References:
  • Deposit:: DEFILIPPO, R. J., 1974, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES; COSTA RICA: MINERALS YEARBOOK 1974, V. 3, P. 1085.
  • 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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