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Chocosuela Prospect

Occurrence in Alajuela, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10007946
MRDS ID CS00190
Record type Site
Current site name Chocosuela Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.3291, 10.29413 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alajuela(province)

Costa Rica(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Costa Rica Alajuela

Comments on the location information

  • PRESUMABLY ABOUT HALFWAY BETWEEN QUESADA AND VOLCAN CONGO, NEAR FILA LA CHOCOSUELA. MAY BE THE SAME DEPOSIT AS VOLCAN VIEJO (MRDS-REV REC. NO. 280), WHICH IS ABOUT 3 KM S OF FILA LA CHOCOSUELA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sulfur Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.3291, 10.29413
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1978
    Total resources 3421000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Sulfur S 15 wt-pct Sulfur Major 1978
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1978
    Total resources 8315000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Sulfur S 18.5 wt-pct Sulfur Major 1978

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

    ORGANIZACION DE LOS ESTADOS AMERICANOS, 1978, DIAGNOSTICO DEL SECTOR MINERO: SAN JOSE, ORGANIZACION DE LOS ESTADOS AMERICANOS, 91 P.

  • 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 FANGLOMERATE OF AGUAS ZARCAS FM. AND LAVA IMPREGNATED BY NATIVE SULFUR.

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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