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Gongora Prospect

Occurrence in Guanacaste, Costa Rica with commodity Sulfur
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090465
MRDS ID CS00184
Record type Site
Current site name Gongora Prospect
Alternate or previous names Quebrada Grande

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.44996, 10.90104 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Guanacaste(province)

Costa Rica(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Costa Rica Guanacaste

Comments on the location information

  • NE OF QUEBRADA GRANDE, NEAR RIO GONGORA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sulfur Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Ignimbrite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.44996, 10.90104
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Codesa

Comments on development

  • FORMERLY OWNED BY PASCAR OILS, LTD. (DRILLING DONE BY THE OPERATOR, CENTRAL PACIFIC SULPHUR MINES) AND BY BRAMEDA RESOURCES, LTD. EXPLORATION CONTINUING. BY 1970, 105,500 CUBIC METERS OF OVERBURDEN HAD BEEN STRIPPED OFF TO EXPOSE THE SULFUR-BEARING HORIZON.

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. 3.

  • Deposit

    ASHLEY, B. E., AND BRIGGS, R. C., 1970, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA: MINERALS YEARBOOK 1970, V. 3, P. 898.

  • Deposit

    SANDOVAL M., L. F., 1977, MINERALIZACIONES DE TIPO VOLCANICO EN COSTA RICA: COSTA RICA, DIR. GEOL. MINAS PETROL., INF. TEC. NOTAS GEOL., V. 15, NO. 58, 23 P.

  • Deposit

    CASTRO M., J. F., AND VARGAS R., J. E., 1982, MAPA DE RECURSOS MINERALES DE COSTA RICA, 1:750,000: DIR. GEOL. MINAS, 1 SHEET.

  • 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 LAVA AND IGNIMBRITE IMPREGNATED BY NATIVE SULFUR.
Deposit TWO MORE REFERENCES: ORGANIZACION DE LOS ESTADOS AMERICANOS, 1978, DIAGNOSTICO DEL SECTOR MINERO: SAN JOSE, ORGANIZACION DE LOS ESTADOS AMERICANOS, 91 P. ASHLEY, B. E., 1968, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF COSTA RICA, IN MINERAL YEARBOOK 1968: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES YEARBOOK, V. 4, P. 844-847. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1986 Howe, Stephen S. 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

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