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Puriscal Prospect

Occurrence in San Jose, Costa Rica with commodity Copper
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  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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10007961
MRDS ID CS00213
Record type Site
Current site name Puriscal Prospect
Alternate or previous names San Ignacio Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.16242, 9.79832 (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

  • AT PURISCAL.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite 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) -84.16242, 9.79832
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discoverer Austin Development Corp. Of Costa Rica

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Austin Development Corp.
    Home office Costa Rica

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MALOZEMOFF, P., 1942, COSTA RICA [FROM A SYMPOSIUM ON MINING IN LATIN AMERICA]: ENG. MIN. J., V. 143, NO. 8, P. 114.

  • Deposit

    ASHLEY, B. E., 1968, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF CENTRAL AMERICAN AREAS; COSTA RICA: MINERALS YEARBOOK 1968, V. 4, P. 846.

  • 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 NARROW STRINGERS
Deposit AUSTIN DEVELOPMENT CORP. OF COSTA RICA HOLDS THE CONCESSION RIGHTS TO 20,000 ACRES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1986 Howe, Stephen S. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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