Cerro Boruca Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090487
MRDS ID CS00256
Record type Site
Current site name Cerro Boruca Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.69574, 9.48861 (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

  • NEAR SAN ISIDRO.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bauxite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 111
USGS model code 38b
Deposit model name Bauxite, laterite type

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.69574, 9.48861

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rio General Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Swiss Aluminum Mining Of Costa Rica, S. A. (Samcosa)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DEFILIPPO, R. J., 1974, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES; COSTA RICA: MINERALS YEARBOOK 1974, V. 3, P. 1085.

  • 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 BAUXITIC LATERITE

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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