Commodities
PrimaryIron, Copper, Zinc, Cobalt
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model90: Massive sulfide, Cyprus
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formTABULAR TO LENTICULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
GangueGoethite, Hematite, Jarosite, Limonite
Geology
Host rockBasalt
StructureSub-Vertical Faults
Tectonic settingNicoya Ophiolite Complex
AlterationAbundant Fe Oxides In The Oxidized Zone
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10007883
MRDS IDCS00117
Alternate namesMatapalo Prospect
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates10.52189, -85.75274
References
FLORES R., W. S., 1976, ESTUDIO GEOLOGICO RELACIONADO CON UNA MINERALIZACION DE SULFUROS EN PUNTA GORDA, NICOYA, COSTA RICA: TESIS DE GRADO, UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA, 35 P.KUYPERS, E. P., AND DENYER CH., PERCY, 1979, VOLCANIC EXHALATIVE MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE NICOYA OPHIOLITE COMPLEX, COSTA RICA: ECON. GEOL., V. 74, P. 672-678.SCHMIDT-EFFING, VON REINHARD, 1979, ALTER UND GENESE DES NICOYA-KOMPLEXES, EINER OZEANISCHEN PALAONKRUSTE (OBERJURA BIS EOZAN) IM SUDLICHEN ZENTRALAMERIKA: GEOL. RUND., BD. 68, H. 2, P. 457-494 (IN GERM., WITH EXTENDED ENGL. ABST.).ORGANIZACION DE LOS ESTADOS AMERICANOS, 1978, DIAGNOSTICO DEL SECTOR MINERO: SAN JOSE, ORGANIZACION DE LOS ESTADOS AMERICANOS, P. 36-37.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.