Cano Sucio Prospect

Occurrence in Costa Rica with commodities Platinum, Gold, Nickel, Chromium, Cobalt, Titanium, Metal
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090503
MRDS ID CS00312
Record type Site
Current site name Cano Sucio Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.22354, 10.58995 (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

  • JUST SW OF CANO SUCIO, ABOUT 4.8 KM NW OF CHAPARRON.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Nickel Critical Primary
Chromium Critical Primary
Cobalt Critical Primary
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result 52.2 G/T PT
Result 15.5 G/T AU

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.22354, 10.58995

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Miguel Guardia (Obtained Permit #5730)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DIRECCION GENERAL DE GEOLOGIA, MINAS E HIDROCARBUROS (DGMH) UNPUBLISHED FILES VIEWED 1986.

  • 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 SAPROLITE, GRAY MATERIAL

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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