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Santa Rosa Occurrence

Occurrence in Guanacaste, Costa Rica with commodities Copper, Iron, Manganese
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10007885
MRDS ID CS00119
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Rosa Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.79858, 10.30801 (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

  • ABOUT 1.3 KM SW OF SANTA ROSA, AT THE BOTTOM OF A 9-M-DEEP WATER WELL.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result 7.3 % CU

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 90
USGS model code 24a
Deposit model name Massive sulfide, Cyprus
Mark3 model number 11

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.79858, 10.30801
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Thickness 0.08M
    Length 10M

Comments on the geologic information

  • BASALT IS INTERCALATED WITH SILICEOUS SEDIMENTARY ROCKS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 0.8 M THICK LENS OF MASSIVE PYRITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-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

Beyond USGS

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

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