Rio Virilla Prospect

Occurrence in San Jose, Costa Rica with commodities Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10007954
MRDS ID CS00203
Record type Site
Current site name Rio Virilla Prospect
Alternate or previous names Piedras Negras Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.29993, 9.92331 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Jose(province)

Costa Rica(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Costa Rica San Jose

Comments on the location information

  • ON RIO VIRILLA, NEAR QUEBRADA LOS MICOS. MAY BE THE SAME DEPOSIT AS QUEBRADA CURTIEMBRE (MRDS-REV REC. NO. 201).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.29993, 9.92331

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

    SANDOVAL M., FELIPE, 1969, MINING POTENTIAL IN COSTA RICA: COSTA RICA, DIR. GEOL. MINAS PETROL., INF. TEC. NOTAS GEOL., V. 8, NO. 32, P. 7.

  • 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.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1986 Cox, Dennis P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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