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Pueblo Nuevo Prospect

Occurrence in San Jose, Costa Rica with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10007952
MRDS ID CS00200
Record type Site
Current site name Pueblo Nuevo Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.67213, 9.45667 (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

  • 70 KM SE OF SAN JOSE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Hematite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chloritization

Analytical data

Result ONE SAMPLE: 32 % CU
Result 569.18 G/T AG
Result 23.64 G/T AU

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.67213, 9.45667
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 30M
    Length 13000M
    Width 4M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sociedad Minera Centroamericana S.A. (-; Starmark Resources, Ltd.
    Last year 1983

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1983
    Total resources 7256000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 26 wt-pct Copper Major 1983

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ESTIMATED BY AN INDEPENDENT GEOLOGIST. ESTIMATES BY STARMARK RESOURCES LTD. OF MORE THAN 3,535,000 METRIC TONNES OF PROBABLE ORE GRADING AT LEAST 18 % CU.

Comments on the workings information

  • "BENCHING," "BULLDOZING." NOT CONFIRMED ON USGS VISIT IN 1986.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING, 1983, COSTA RICA: HIGH-GRADE COPPER MINERALIZATION: WORLD MINING, V. 36, NO. 6, P. 33.

  • Deposit

    HYDE, D. M., AND MARTINO, ORLANDO, 1983, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES: COSTA RICA: MINERALS YEARBOOK 1983, V. 3, P. 936-937.

  • Deposit

    VISITED BY USGS SCIENTISTS, 1986.

  • Reserve-Resource

    WORLD MINING (1983), HYDE AND MARTINO (1983)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ABOUT 13,000 M OF "SHOWING" ON SURFACE. NOT CONFIRMED ON USGS VISIT 1986.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1986 Howe, Stephen S. (Cox, Dennis P.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 07-MAR-1995 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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