1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

El Cedral Prospect

Occurrence in Alajuela, Costa Rica with commodity Sulfur
Map
XML
JSON
KML
C
Sections on this page
  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 10090469
MRDS ID CS00194
Record type Site
Current site name El Cedral Prospect
Alternate or previous names Cerros De Cedral Prospect, Fila Cedral

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.67216, 10.21774 (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

  • E OF CEDRAL, ABOUT 15 KM NNE OF MIRAMAR. AT NATIONAL GRID REFERENCE 4625, 2447; IN HEADWATERS OF RIO ARANJUEZ ALONG QUEBRADA AZUFRADA.

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)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.67216, 10.21774
ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Thermocam Industries, Ltd.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Consolidated Negus Mines, Ltd.

Comments on development

  • CONSOLIDATED NEGUS GRANTED AN OPTION TO THERMOCAM IN 1969 TO WORK THE DEPOSIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ASHLEY, B. E., 1969, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF COSTA RICA, IN MINERALS YEARBOOK 1969: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES YEARBOOK, V. 4, P. 833.

  • 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

    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 IMPREGNATED BY NATIVE SULFUR.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site