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Fila Uruca 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090471
MRDS ID CS00199
Record type Site
Current site name Fila Uruca Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.69991, 9.47333 (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

  • FILA URUCA AREA. MAY BE THE SAME DEPOSIT AS BORUCA (MRDS-REV REC. NO. 172, MRDS REC. NO. 198).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Malachite Ore

Analytical data

Result ONE SAMPLE ACROSS VEIN HAD 0.8-1 % CU, WHILE ANOTHER HAD 14-16 % CU
Result SAMPLES TAKEN BETWEEN VEINS AND UP TO 20 M AWAY FROM VEINS HAD LT 0.1 % CU.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.69991, 9.47333
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Economic information

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. 4-5.

  • 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 CROP OUT.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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