San Marcos Prospect

Occurrence in Puntarenas, Costa Rica with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10007914
MRDS ID CS00150
Record type Site
Current site name San Marcos Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.868, 10.10664 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Puntarenas(province)

Costa Rica(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Costa Rica Puntarenas

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Three Alteration Zones

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 151
USGS model code 25d
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Sado
Mark3 model number 28

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.868, 10.10664

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DIRECCION GENERAL DE GEOLOGIA, MINAS E HIDROCARBUROS (DGMH) UNPUBLISHED FILES VIEWED 1986.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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS ASSOCIATED WITH 3 ALTERATION ZONES TRENDING N 52 E BETWEEN 441000-441500 E, 441700-443000 E, AND 445400-445600 E.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1986 Howe, Stephen S. (Cox, Dennis P.) U.S. Geological Survey PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Editor 27-APR-1995 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.