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Escazu Prospect

Occurrence in San Jose, Costa Rica with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper
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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 10007958
MRDS ID CS00209
Record type Site
Current site name Escazu Prospect
Alternate or previous names Cerros De Escazu Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.1152, 9.84415 (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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore

Analytical data

Result STREAM SEDIMENT SAMPLES: 80 - 7500 PPM ZN
Result 1000 - 4250 PPM PB
Result 40 - 215 PPM CU

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.1152, 9.84415
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N-S
    Dip W
    Thickness 0.03M
    Length 20M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION PROBABLY ASSOCIATED WITH DIORITE INTRUSTIONS OF THE OLIGOCENE-MIOCENE TERRABA FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NACIONES UNIDAS, 1975, PROYECTO DE INVESTIGACION MINERA, COSTA RICA, TRABAJOS VARIOS (DP/UN/COS-72-004/3), INFORME TECNICO 3, P. 30-31.

  • 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 A VEIN STRIKING N-S, DIPPING W CAN BE TRACED FOR 15 - 20 M AND IS 30 CM WIDE.

Reporter information

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

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

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