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Miravalles Occurrence

Occurrence in Guanacaste, 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090466
MRDS ID CS00186
Record type Site
Current site name Miravalles Occurrence
Alternate or previous names Miravalles De Bagaces Occurrence, Volcan Miravalles, Quebrada Hornillas, Rio Cuiplara, Bajos De Chiqueros

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.18051, 10.71077 (WGS84)
Elevation 1230

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Guanacaste(province)

Costa Rica(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Costa Rica Guanacaste

Comments on the location information

  • JUST S OF QUEBRADA HORNILLAS, ON SW VOLCAN MIRAVALLES. AT NATIONAL GRID REFERENCES 4095, 3010 AND 4113, 3009. TWO MAIN PROSPECTS ON ABOVE FINCA SANTA ROSA ON QUEBRADA HORNILLAS AT 1100 M AND THE OTHER BAJOS DE CHIQUEROS AT 1360 M IN UPPER REACHES OF RIO CUIPLAPA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sulfur Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Kaolinization, Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Glassy Rock > Pumice

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.18051, 10.71077
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sulmac Exploration Co. (Subsidary Of United States Gypsum Co..)

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • BERRANGE ET AL (1990)

Comments on development

  • NUMEROUS TRENCHES, SHORT ADITS, SHALLOW DRILL HOLES MADE BY SULMAC IN 1968.

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

    DENGO, GABRIEL, AND LEVY, ENRIQUE, 1970, ANOTACIONES AL MAPA METALOGENETICO DE AMERICA CENTRAL: INST. CENTROAM. INVEST. TEC. INDUS. (ICAITI), PUBL. GEOL. ICAITI, NO. 3, P. APPENDIX 2.

  • Deposit

    SANDOVAL M., L. F., 1977, MINERALIZACIONES DE TIPO VOLCANICO EN COSTA RICA: COSTA RICA, DIR. GEOL. MINAS PETROL., INF. TEC. NOTAS GEOL., V. 15, NO. 58, 23 P.

  • Deposit

    BERRANGE, J.P. MATHER, S.J., MORALES C., NURY, AND ALVARADO V., FERNANDO, 1990, THE NON-METALLIC INDUSTRIAL MINERALS AND ROCKS OF COSTA RICA: SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA, PROYECTO ANGLO-COSTARRICENSE DE MINERALES INDUSTRIALES (PACOMI), 181 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LAVA, SCORIA AND PUMICE IMPREGNATED BY NATIVE SULFUR.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1986 Howe, Stephen S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1994 Page, Norman J. 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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