Tarbaca Prospect

Occurrence in San Jose, Costa Rica with commodity Copper

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Alteration
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10007942
MRDS ID	CS00183
Record type	Site
Current site name	Tarbaca Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-84.1027, 9.81637 (WGS84)
Elevation	1700

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

SE OF TARBACA WHERE RIO TIGRE AND Q. TARBACA MEET, MINERALIZATION WITH 2% COPPER OCCURS OVER A 0.2 SQUARE KM AREA.

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Copper	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Malachite	Ore

Alteration

(Local) Propylitic

Analytical data

Result	2% CU

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-84.1027, 9.81637	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	CS00183

Bibliographic references

Deposit

NACIONES UNIDAS, 1975, PROYECTO DE INVESTIGACION MINERA, COSTA RICA, TRABAJOS VARIOS (DP/UN/COS-72-004/3), INFORME TECNICO 3, P. 21-22.
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.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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