Rio Gongora

Prospect in Costa Rica with commodity Sulfur
Sections on this page
  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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023285
MRDS ID I000099
Record type Site
Current site name Rio Gongora

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.54996, 10.88437 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Costa Rica(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Costa Rica

Comments on the location information

  • IN NORTHERN COSTA RICA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sulfur Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.54996, 10.88437

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Costa Rican Sulphur Co. (Joint Venture: Rich Coast Sulphur (Vancouver) And Korean Interests (Includ

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: OPERATIONS ARE SCHEDULES TO BEGIN IN 1990.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NOTHOLT, A., 1990, COSTA RICA, IN CENTRAL AMERICA: MINING ANNUAL REVIEW 1990, P. 65

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    NOTHOLT, 1990.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1990 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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