Sukut, Porphyry copper prospect

Sukut

Porphyry copper prospect in Limón, Costa Rica

Names and other identifiers

GMRAP ID	208
Tract name	Cocos (003pCu4004)
Site status	prospect

Geographic location

Country	Costa Rica
State or province	Limón
Geographic location	-82.976, 9.363 (click for info)
Geologic map unit	-82.976, 9.363
Nearby data	List Map

Geologic information

Deposit type	Porphyry copper
Age determination method	Geologic inference
Age range	Miocene
Age reference	geologic inference
Minerals	bornite, chalcocite, chalcopyrite, galena, pyrite, sphalerite
Associated rocks	andesite
Tectonic setting	mixed
Stratigraphic age	Miocene

Commodity and development information

Development status	Prospect
Major commodities	Cu
Gold-Moly ratio	-9999

Reference information

Comments	Fischer-Watt Gold Co., Inc. reported potential for 63 Mt of gold ore; drilling reported 0.2% Cu, with 10 m interval of 7.7 g/t Au. Significant prospect.
Study area name	Central America and Caribbean Basin
References	Nelson (1995); U.S. Geological Survey and others (1987); Singer and others (2008)
Site reference	Gray and others (2014)

Nelson, C.E., 1995, Porphyry copper deposits of southern Central America, in Pierce, F.W., and Bolm, J.G., eds., Porphyry copper deposits of the American Cordillera: Arizona Geological Society Digest, v. 20, p. 553565. (Also available at http://cbmap.net/images/porphyry_copper_deposits.pdf.)Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C., 2008, Porphyry copper deposits of the worldDatabase and grade and tonnage models, 2008: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155, [45] p. and digital data, accessed December 31, 2013, at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1155/.U.S. Geological Survey, Dirección General de Geología, Hidrocarburos, y Minas, and Universidad de Costa Rica, 1987, Mineral resource assessment of the Republic of Costa Rica: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Map I-1865, 75 p., scale 1;500,000. (Digital data available at http://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds19/.)