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Volcan Viejo 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090468
MRDS ID CS00191
Record type Site
Current site name Volcan Viejo Prospect
Alternate or previous names Cerros Volcan Viejo Prospect, Volcan Ricon De La Vieja, Hacienda Santa Maria

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.33326, 10.27885 (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

  • NEAR VOLCAN VIEJO. AT NATIONAL GRID REFERENCE 3922.3050.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sulfur Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.33326, 10.27885
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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 Owner
    Owner Empresas Eurospect, S. A.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THIS ESTIMATE IS PROBABLY TOO LARGE (BERRANGE ET AL, 1990).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CASTRO M., J. F., AND VARGAS R., J. E., 1982, MAPA DE RECURSOS MINERALES DE COSTA RICA, 1:750,000: DIR. GEOL. MINAS, 1 SHEET.

  • Deposit

    DIRECCION GENERAL DE GEOLOGIA, MINAS E HIDROCARBUROS (DGMH) UNPUBLISHED FILES VIEWED 1986.

  • 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 AND TUFFS IMPREGNATED BY NATIVE SULFUR; HOT SPRINGS, COATINGS ON TUFFS AND VEGETATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1986 Cox, Dennis P. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1994 Page, Norman J. 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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